A survey of energy policy priorities in the United States: Energy supply security, economics, and the environment

Energy Policy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 687-696

  Manley, Dawn K ^a   Hines, Valerie A ^a   Jordan, Matthew W ^b   Stoltz, Ronald E ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b OurEnergyPolicyorg ^*  (United States)

^c REStoltz Advisory Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy policy goals; Multi criteria decision analysis; Opinion poll

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; ECONOMIC CONCERNS; ENERGY SUPPLY SECURITY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; OPINION POLLS; PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION; VEHICLE EFFICIENCY;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; SURVEYS;

ENERGY SECURITY;

CARBON EMISSION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; GOVERNMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880334082     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.04.061     Document Type: Article

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