THE U.S. ENERGY PROBLEM, VOLUME 1, SUMMARY VOLUME

Summary of a study to guide choice of priorities in energy-related research and development offered for government support. Major outputs are a detailed costing, modeling, and the determination of the influence coefficients of technologies on the cost of energy, primarily electricity. The status and probable trends of important elements in the energy economy is presented, as well as the state of the art and the economics of various alternative means of energy conversion. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-207518.
• Corporate Authors:

  InterTechnology Corporation

  Warrenton, VA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Szego, G C
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 83 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Coal industry; Coal resources; Energy resources; Freight traffic; Fuels; Railroad electrification; Supply
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046707
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NSF-RANN-71-1-1 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: NSF-C645
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 10 1974 12:00AM