Plug-In Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington? - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0815703058 ISBN 13 : 9780815703051

Editeur : Brookings Institution, 2009

Synopsis

Last year, oil provided more than 96 per cent of the energy in our cars and trucks. This overwhelming dependence empowers our enemies, imperils the planet, and strains family budgets whenever world oil prices rise. What can be done? The single most important answer may be promoting the widespread use of plug-in electric vehicles. This important book examines the role that the U.S. government can and should play in that mission. Most major automakers have announced plans to market plug-in electric vehicles, which can generally be recharged with a simple extension cord. What is the national interest in putting millions of these cars and trucks on the road soon? What should the federal government do to help make that happen? Can federal tax or procurement policy play a role? Can federal research and development help? At what point would subsidies for plug-in electric vehicles begin to match subsidies for oil? Answers to these questions and more emerge in this timely, innovative, and provocative volume. The editor of Plug-in Electric Vehicles is David B. Sandalow, an experienced expert in energy policy. His contributors include former government officials (e.g., former CIA Director James Woolsey), respected private sector analysts, NGO activists, and academic experts. Together they explain the current landscape for plug-in electrics and implications for national security, the environment, and the economy. They discuss what can and should be done to advance the role of plug-in electric vehicles.

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À propos de l'auteur

David B. Sandalow is energy and environment scholar and a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is a former assistant secretary of state and senior director on the National Security Council staff, and he is the author of Freedom from Oil: How the Next President Can End the United States' Oil Addiction (McGraw-Hill, 2007).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brookings Institution
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0815703058
• ISBN 13: 9780815703051
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Sandalow David B
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