Title: Energy Policy Goals and Barriers
1Energy Policy Goals and Barriers
- Asim Zia
- Environmental Studies 130
- Energy Policy Analysis
- San Jose State University
- Summer 2007
2Energy Policy Goals
- Minimize costs of energy delivery
- Reduce local and regional air pollution
- Mitigate global warming
- Minimize security risks
- Avoid resource depletion
- Minimize inequity
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3Barriers to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Delivery cost is too high!
- Limited supply infrastructure
- Quality problems
- Insufficient information and training
- Misplaced incentives
- Lack of money or financing
- Purchasing procedures
- Pricing and tax barriers
- Regulatory and utility barriers
- Political obstacles
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4Aspects of Energy Production and Consumption
5Aspects of Energy Production and Consumption
6National and Global Patterns of Energy Supply and
Utilization
7Energy prices (costs of delivery)
8Oil trade movements
9Inequitable consumption patterns of energy use
10Energy inequities and inefficiencies
11Energy security issues energy trade gaps
12Energy inequities
13Portfolio of renewable energy in the US
14How energy systems interact with the environment?
15How energy systems interact with the environment?
16Adverse environmental effects over local and
regional scales
17Adverse environmental effects over local and
regional scales
18Adverse environmental effects over local and
regional scales
19Global climate change