U.S. COAL DEVELOPMENT--PROMISES, UNCERTAINTIES

It is concluded that the administration's goal of doubling coal production to 1.2 billions by 1985 is unlikely to be achieved; that annual production of 1.0 billion tons will be difficult to achieve. The chapters summarize available knowledge on U.S. coal development as follows: How much do we need? How much do we have? How do we get it? How can we get it to where we need it? How can we make it usable? How can we solve the social problems? What is the U.S. position in the world coal markets? Where do we go from here?

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report to the Congress.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 1977-9-22

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 300 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Coal resources; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Inland waterways; Policy; Slurry pipelines; Traffic forecasting; Unit trains
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168100
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: U.S. General Accounting Office
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM