Robert W Fri
Biographic Data
| ID | 5721880 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Fri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Fri |
| SIGNATURE | FRI R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for the Future |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rethinking energy innovation and social science
Social Sciences & the Alternative Energy Future
Designing a Durable Energy Policy
Although the U.S. energy system seems to resist the changes necessary to meet today's challenges related to energy security and climate change, the system has gone through massive change several times since 1850. A major driver in each of these earlier transitions was an economic value, such as mobility, that markets could capture. Because environmental and security values are public goods, changing today's energy system will require a policy tha…
The Alternative Energy Future
© 2013 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences ROBERT W. FRI, a Fellow of the American Academy since 2010, is a Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emeritus at Resources for the Future, where he previously served as President. He has also served as Director of the National Museum of Natural History and Deputy Administrator of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Research and Development Administration. He is Chair of the Acad…
The Alternative Energy Future
(*See endnotes for complete contributor biographies.) Modern life needs energy, and lots of it. During the economic boom following World War II, securing adequate supplies of energy was not a big problem for the United States because we were able to meet our needs with domestic energy sources. But in the early 1970s, two events upset this comfortable situation. Introduced in 1970, the Clean Air Act clamped down on the uncontrolled burning of foss…
Rethinking energy innovation and social science
Designing a Durable Energy Policy
Although the U.S. energy system seems to resist the changes necessary to meet today's challenges related to energy security and climate change, the system has gone through massive change several times since 1850. A major driver in each of these earlier transitions was an economic value, such as mobility, that markets could capture. Because environmental and security values are public goods, changing today's energy system will require a policy tha…
The Alternative Energy Future
(*See endnotes for complete contributor biographies.) Modern life needs energy, and lots of it. During the economic boom following World War II, securing adequate supplies of energy was not a big problem for the United States because we were able to meet our needs with domestic energy sources. But in the early 1970s, two events upset this comfortable situation. Introduced in 1970, the Clean Air Act clamped down on the uncontrolled burning of foss…
Social Sciences & the Alternative Energy Future
The Alternative Energy Future
(*See endnotes for complete contributor biographies.) Modern life needs energy, and lots of it. During the economic boom following World War II, securing adequate supplies of energy was not a big problem for the United States because we were able to meet our needs with domestic energy sources. But in the early 1970s, two events upset this comfortable situation. Introduced in 1970, the Clean Air Act clamped down on the uncontrolled burning of foss…
Social Sciences & the Alternative Energy Future
Designing a Durable Energy Policy
Although the U.S. energy system seems to resist the changes necessary to meet today's challenges related to energy security and climate change, the system has gone through massive change several times since 1850. A major driver in each of these earlier transitions was an economic value, such as mobility, that markets could capture. Because environmental and security values are public goods, changing today's energy system will require a policy tha…
The Alternative Energy Future
© 2013 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences ROBERT W. FRI, a Fellow of the American Academy since 2010, is a Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emeritus at Resources for the Future, where he previously served as President. He has also served as Director of the National Museum of Natural History and Deputy Administrator of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Research and Development Administration. He is Chair of the Acad…
Rethinking energy innovation and social science
Energy (signal processing (5 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (4 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate change (2 works) · Energy policy (2 works) · Environmental economics (2 works)