Author: Ole Gunnar AustvikPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Strategies for Reducing U.S. Oil Dependency
Author: Ole Gunnar AustvikPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency : Report of an Independent Task Force
Author: John M. DeutchPublisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Findings: the U.S. energy system and the role of imported oil and gas -- Findings: how dependence on imported energy affects U.S. foreign policy -- Findings and recommendations: U.S. domestic energy policy -- Findings and recommendations: The conduct of U.S. foreign policy -- Additional view.
A National Strategy for Energy Security
Author: Securing America's Future Energy. Energy Security Leadership CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
A report of proposals put forth by the Energy Security Leadership Council to improve American security through major reductions in oil demand and increases in domestic energy production, with an emphasis on transforming the American transportation sector so that oil is no longer its primary fuel.
Energy Security and Oil Dependence
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Foreign Oil Dependence
Author: Noah BerlatskyPublisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0737776358
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This anthology explores the issue of the United States' dependence on oil. Can the country attain energy independence? Does the dependence on foreign oil weaken the economy? Is dependence on foreign oil a security threat? Can the United States transition from oil if it must, or is the country too deeply invested? This book gives evidence to both sides of these questions. Features previously published content from sources such as Jordan Weissman, Anne Korin, Pew Charitable Trusts, and the National Corn Growers Association.
Over a Barrel
Author: John S. DuffieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9780804763295
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The United States is highly dependent on foreign oil. Well over half of the oil and petroleum products consumed in America--approximately 12 million barrels per day, or more than 600 gallons for every man, woman, and child each year--now come from abroad. And the U.S. government projects that the level of imports will only continue to rise, reaching between 16 and 21 million barrels per day by 2025. What precisely are the costs of U.S. foreign oil dependence? Unfortunately, no one has yet offered a satisfactory answer to this vital question. As a result, the costs to the United States of its dependence on oil from abroad have gone largely unrecognized and, in fact, are much greater than most people realize. Some costs, like the annual bill for oil imports--and, by reflection, the price that motorists pay at the pump or the size of homeowners' heating oil bills--are obvious and quantifiable. A number of others, however, are not so apparent or easy to measure. For example, it is difficult to put a price tag on the costs of coddling oil-rich authoritarian regimes at the expense of promoting representative government, human rights, and other important values. This book seeks to remedy this oversight by providing the first comprehensive analysis of the costs--both economic and policy-related--of U.S. foreign oil dependence and how they might be reduced. It shows that since the 1970s, the economic costs alone have run into the trillions of dollars. Successive administrations have tended to neglect the opportunities at home to reduce these costs by limiting demand. Instead, they have emphasized foreign and military policies that have proven both highly expensive and largely unsuccessful. One positive conclusion the author draws is that the opportunities for reducing oil consumption remain largely unexploited and the costs of U.S. foreign oil dependence can still be substantially reduced at relatively little expense. At least as important, however, will be rethinking and revising the expensive foreign, security, and military policies and commitments that have developed around U.S. foreign oil dependence over the past three decades.
Addicted to Oil
Author: Thomas D. KraemerPublisher: Strategic Studies Institute
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
In his 2006 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush proclaimed that "America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world." He announced it was time for the United States to "move beyond a petroleum-based economy and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past." He set a goal "to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025." Only 18 percent of oil imports are projected to come from the Middle East in 2025. The Bush goal in reality only results in a decrease of American oil consumption by 14 percent overall. Oil is a fungible, globally traded commodity with rising demand, so this initiative will have minimal impact on influencing America's national interests in the Middle East. However, most rehabilitation programs follow a 12-step process. The Bush plan is Step one in weaning America from its addiction, and is a necessary, but not fully sufficient, step to ensuring our future national security through Middle East Oil independence.
Energy Security and Oil Dependence
Author: United States SenatePublisher:
ISBN: 9781690825234
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Energy security and oil dependence: recommendations on policies and funding to reduce U.S. oil dependence: hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate; One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session; special hearing; May 8, 2007; Washington, DC.
Recommendations to the Nation on Reducing U.S. Oil Dependence
Author: Energy Security Leadership CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy consumption
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Reducing U.S. Vulnerability to Oil Supply Disruptions
Author: Walter S. BaerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The vulnerability of the United States to oil supply disruptions is at least as serious as the more chronic economic problems of import dependence. Measures to deal with the vulnerability problem include: increasing oil purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; providing incentives for private stockpiling; and developing emergency preparedness plans. This does not mean that we should delay current measures to reduce overall import dependence, such as the decontrol of oil and gas prices. But we must focus more clearly on the vulnerability problem itself as the most critical short-term energy issue for the United States and our allies. Only if we are prepared to weather oil supply disruptions in the next few years will we be able to devise longer-term solutions to our energy problems.