Bibliography - H. T. Shapiro

1. Shapiro, H. T., M. S. Wrighton, J. F. Ahearne, A. J. Bard, J. Beyea, William F. Brinkman, D. M. Chapin, S. Chu, C. A. Ehlig-Economides, R. W. Fri, C. H. Goodman, J. B. Heywood, L. B. Lave, J. J. Markowsky, R. A. Meserve, W. F. Miller Jr., F. M. Orr, Jr., L. T. Papay, A.A.N. Patrinos, M. P. Ramage, M. L. Savitz, Robert H. Socolow, J. L. Sweeney, G. D. Tilman, and C. Walton, 2009: America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation. Committee on America's Energy Future, National Research Council of the National Academies,, Washington, D.C., The National Academies Press, (ISBN-10: 0-309-14141),
   [ Abstract ]

   To stimulate and inform a constructive national dialogue about our energy future, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering initiated in 2007 a major study, "America's Energy Future: Technology Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs." The America's Energy Future (AEF) project was initiated in anticipation of major legislative interest in energy policy in the U.S. Congress and, as the effort proceeded, it was endorsed by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Jeff Bingaman and former Ranking Member Pete Domenici.
   The AEF project evaluates current contributions and the likely future impacts, including estimated costs, of existing and new energy technologies. It was planned to serve as a foundation for subsequent policy studies, at the Academies and elsewhere, that will focus on energy research and development priorities, strategic energy technology development, and policy analysis.
   The AEF project has produced a series of five reports, including this report, designed to inform key decisions as the nation begins this year a comprehensive examination of energy policy issues. Numerous studies conducted by diverse organizations have benefited the project, but many of those studies disagree about the potential of specific technologies, particularly those involving alternative sources of energy such as biomass, renewable resources for generation of electric power, advanced processes for generation from coal, and nuclear power. A key objective of the AEF series of reports is thus to help resolve conflicting analyses and to facilitate the charting of a new direction in the nation's energy enterprise.
   The AEF project, outlined in Appendix B, included a study committee and three panels that together have produced an extensive analysis of energy technology options for consideration in an ongoing national dialogue. A milestone in the project was the March 2008 "National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future" at which principals of related recent studies provided input to the AEF study committee and helped to inform the panels' deliberations. A report chronicling the event, The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future: Summary of a Meeting, was published in October 2008.

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