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Evaluating the Security of the Global Containerized Supply Chain
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Much worldwide cargo, from raw materials to finished products, travels viacontainerized shipping. For the shippers, the main concern has always beenlosses from theft or accident. But shipping containers are as attractive toterrorists as they are to thieves and smugglers. more...
Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Large U.S. coal reserves and viable technology make promising a domestic. industry producing liquid fuels from coal. Weighing benefits, costs, and. environmental issues, a productive and robust U.S. strategy is to promote a. limited amount of early commercial experience in coal-to-liquids production. and to prepare the foundation for managing associated... more...
Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95RAND researchers assess potential future production levels and costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of fuels derived from oil sands and via coal liquefaction relative to conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels. more...
The State of U.S. Railroads
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95U.S. railroads have improved their productivity, but increasing freight. volume threatens to cause performance-degrading capacity constraints. This. report describes the current state of railroad capacity and performance for. freight transportation. more...
Federal Financial Incentives to Induce Early Experience Producing Unconventional Liquid Fuels
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95The government, as a principal, may seek to induce a private investor, as anagent, to build and operate an unconventional-oil production plant topromote early production experience with such plants. Given this goal,facing significant uncertainty about the future, the government wants tolimit the cost to the public treasury of doing this. This report... more...
Near-Term Opportunities for Integrating Biomass into the U.S. Electricity Supply
RAND Corporation 2011; US$ 9.95Biomass is an increasingly important source of electricity, heat, and liquid fuel. This report examines changes to power plants and their operations, costs of cofiring biomass, and logistical issues associated with delivering biomass to the plant. more...
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