Politics of Energy Research and Development

The Politics of Energy Research and Development examines and evaluates U.S. research and development policies to promote nuclear solar conservation and other technology options. This volume is the third in the series Energy Policy Studies which explores fundamental long-term social political and economic dimensions of energy technology resources and use. Contributions represent a wide range of theoretical and policy perspectives including sociology economics political science urban and regional studies environmental analysis and history and philosophy of technology.Contents: Richard L. Ottinger Introduction: The Tragedy of U.S. Energy R&D Policy; Amor^ B. Lovins The Origins of the Nuclear Power Fiasco; Richard T. Sylves Nuclear Exotica: Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives; Eugene Frankel Technology Politics and Ideology: The Vicissitudes of Federal Solar Energy Policy 1974-1983; Maxine Savitz The Federal Role in Conservation Research and Development; J. David Roessner Commercialization Issues in Energy Technology Policy; John Byrne and Daniel Rich In Search of the Abundant Energy Machine; and Grant P. Thompson Energy Policy in the Interim: Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop.