Conversations about Energy: How the Experts See America's Energy Choices (Hoover Institution Press Publication) (Volume 605)

Drawn from the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy January 2010 conference, this book discusses critical energy issues including, energy and synthetic biology, cap and trade and carbon tax policies, energy efficiency, international energy relationships, and other key topics. The contributors present a range of ideas and recommendations that might improve the performance of the United States in responding to the energy challenge. Book Title 4 Contents 6 Preface 8 Introduction - George P. Shultz 10 Recommendations 16 Session 1: Distributed Energy 24 Session 2: What Can We Do To Boost Energy Efficiency? 34 Session 3: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle 42 Session 4: Synthetic Biology and Its Applications in Energy 52 Session 5: Putting a Price on Carbon 72 Session 6: A Sustained Research and Development Policy 82 Session 7: Emerging International Energy Relationships 96 Appendix 1 108 Working with China and India 110 What Can America Do with China? - David Victor 111 The U.S.-India Climate and Energy Relationship: Dealing with a Power-Starved Country - Jeremy Carl 116 Appendix 2 122 Members of the Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy 124 Appendix 3 138 Conference Agenda 140 Conference Participants 145