Policy Analysis

Deeper understanding of policy questions often requires in-depth analysis. The reports in this section focus on issues central to evaluating how the future may unfold, particularly those related to technology adoption and defining resource potentials for efficiency and renewable power supplies. These studies also bear strongly on the current debate over the costs of reducing carbon emissions. Each report is exhaustively researched and extensively documented, and each draws upon available data and modeling tools.

Costs of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Five Lab Study

Forcasting Methodologies and their Implications

Externalities

Efficiency Improvements in Honda Civics

California Wind Resources

Tax credits for efficient equipment

The Efficiency Gap

Clean Energy Futures Study

Analysis Of In-Use Vehicle Emissions

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