Assessing U.S. energy policy

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ID9684808
AutoresMarie-Annette Brown (0000-0003-3245-7948, Government of Nepal, autor de correspondencia), Marilyn A Brown (Marilyn A. Brown is interim director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Engineering Science and Technology Division. An expert on the commercialization of new energy and environmental technologies and the evaluation of government programs and policies, she has authored more than 140 publications), B K Sovacool (0000-0002-4794-9403, U.S. National Science Foundation), Richard F Hirsh (0000-0002-3040-882X, Electric Power Research Institute)
Año2006
Volumen135
Número3
Páginas5-11
Fecha de publicación2006-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDaedalus (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192
EditorialMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/daed.2006.135.3.5
OpenAlexW2022605084
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas1

told us that we need to use energy more ef1⁄2ciently and derive more of it from domestic sources.1 Since the energy crisis of 1973, U.S. presidents have declared the need to gain independence from unstable foreign energy suppliers and to do so with the same moral fortitude as if 1⁄2ghting a war. Some politicians have proposed massive government programs to achieve the goals of their energy policies; others have sought to unleash freemarket forces that would encourage companies to develop novel sources of energy and motivate consumers to use energy more wisely. Despite more than three decades of such efforts, the United States has not achieved the goal of energy independence. While progress in adopting more energy-ef1⁄2cient technologies has saved billions of dollars throughout the economy, most other indicators of energy autonomy–such as the percentage of imported fuel–demonstrate that the country has become less independent than ever. President Bush acknowledged this fact in his recent State of the Union address, telling Americans that the country has become “addicted to oil” and urging citizens to 1⁄2nd alternative ways to satisfy their energy needs. For those with a sense of history, Bush’s clarion call sounded eerily familiar. Even though energy ef1⁄2ciency has taken root in some sectors of the economy

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