Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs

• Main Author: Toman, Michael (auth)
• Other Authors: Curtright, Aimee E. (auth), Ortiz, David S. (auth), Darmstadter, Joel (auth), Shannon, Brian (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Environmental policy & protocols; Technology: general issues; Political Science; Environmental Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In this report, RAND researchers assess the potential future production levels, production costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of synthetic crude oil from oil sands and fuels produced via coal liquefaction relative to conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels. The f...