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American Energy Consumer, The

A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation in which the authors offer a broad view of energy lifestyles in America and show the correlations that exist between levels of energy usage and the socioeconomic characteristics of individual households.

Competition in the U.S. Energy Industry

A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that examines the role of the competition in the production of coal, oil, natural gas and uranium in the United States. The study examines both interfuel and intrafuel competition. The volume also includes supplementary studies by other authors on specific industries and markets, as well as on the political influence of the energy industries.

Debate on a Time to Choose, A

Critique by William P. Tavoulareas, president, Mobil Corporation, and member of the advisory committee of the Energy Policy Project, of A Time to Choose, the final report of the project. With a reply by Carl Kaysen, David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Energy and Agriculture in the Third World

A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that seeks to explore how energy, in forms including wood, animal dung and crop residues as well as commercial fuels, may best help to transform agriculture, raise enough food and provide other necessities for people of the third world.

Energy and U.S. Foreign Policy

A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that examines the international problems, specifically related to the Persian Gulf, arising from the production and trade in energy. Focuses on what the U.S. can do about the problems and analyzes and proposes a range of policy alternatives.

Energy Conservation Papers, The

Contains the following studies: Energy thrift in urban transportation: options for the future; energy, employment, and dollar impacts of alternative transportation options; energy, employment, and dollar impacts of certain consumer options; potential energy conservation from recycling metals in urban solid wastes; The potential for energy recovery from organic wastes; and energy needs for pollution control.

Energy Policy: Industry Perspectives

A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that examines the issues facing the oil, electric utilities, gas and coal industries separately, and provides conclusions and recommendations for each.

Energy Prices 1960-73: A Report to the Energy Policy Project of the FF

A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that provides historical data on price changes for energy from 1960 to 1973. Part one contains retail and wholesale price information for the year 1973, when energy prices rose dramatically. Part two covers 1960 to 1972, years of only moderate increase.

Energy Research and Development

A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation consisting of two papers. In the first, international energy consultant Michael Grenon surveys energy research in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the U.K. In the second, J. Herbert Hollomon and colleagues examine energy research and development policy issues in the U.S. within the framework of the energy marketplace.

Energy Taxes and Subsidies

A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that examines the role of energy subsidies and taxes as instruments of government policy. Seeks to explore how subsidies and taxation affected the “energy crisis” of the early 70's and how they could be utilized to generate positive responses and outcomes to the crisis.

Energy: The Next Twenty Years

An analysis of the world's energy options, conducted by 19 scientists and scholars led by Hans Landsberg of Resources for the Future; sponsored by the Ford Foundation. This report gives particular emphasis to the role of market forces in energy policy.

Financing the Energy Industry

A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation which estimates the capital investment outlays of the petroleum and electric utility industries and determines how these outlays are to be financed. Seeks to ascertain the extent to which financing problems might threaten the ability of the energy industry to meet demands placed upon it.

Forestry for Sustainable Rural Development

Describes how woodland communities in Asia are using community forestry to raise incomes and protect the environment.

Nuclear Power Issues and Choices

A 1977 report of the Nuclear Energy Policy Study Group that seeks to develop a framework for assessing issues relating to nuclear power, an issue of considerable political and social concern in the late 70's. Reviews and evaluates the debate between advocates for and against nuclear energy from economic, social, environmental and other perspectives.

Nuclear Theft: Risks and Safeguards

A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that surveys the technical facts and policy issues concerning the production of nuclear materials and their protection from theft with recommendations for substantial changes in safeguard procedures.

Oil Spills and the Marine Environment

A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation which contains papers on the short- and long-term ecological effects of oil pollution and cleanup in marine environments, and on technical aspects of the prevention, control and cleanup of oil spills.

Perspective on Power

A 1974 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation that examines the economic, legal and political dimensions of the electric power industry and offers a series of intermediate and long-term policy recommendations. Attempts to clear up misunderstandings between industry, economists, environmentalists and utility commissioners.

Potential Fuel Effectiveness in Industry

A technical report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation, evaluating the potential for greater fuel conservation in U.S. industry. The report concludes that significant savings could be realized in many industries with technology existing at the time.

Rehabilitation Potential of Western Coal Lands

A 1975 report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation by a study committee of the National Academy of Sciences. This report explores environmental issues related to the surface mining of coal in the arid and semi-arid Western United States, and investigates the potential for rehabilitating lands that have been mined.

Selected Studies on Energy

A 1980 collection of 12 background papers commissioned by the Study Group that cover in greater detail issues addressed in its 1979 publication Energy: The Next Twenty Years. Topics addressed include the role of the automobile in energy price regulation, institutional obstacles to cogeneration and a more in-depth version of the energy demand study covered in the original report.

Time to Choose, A

The final report of the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation, which was established to study energy policy issues shortly before the 1970's oil crisis. The report is a summary by the project's staff with interpretations of the commissioned studies and recommendations on energy policy issues. Its principal conclusion is that the United States can balance its energy budget, control pollution and avoid reliance on insecure oil sources abroad by slowing its growth rate of energy consumption.