Conversations about Energy How the Experts See America's Energy Choices

Drawn from the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy January 2010 conference, this book discusses critical energy issues including, energy and synthetic biology, cap and trade and carbon tax policies, energy efficiency, international energy relationships, and other key topics. The contributors present a range of ideas and recommendations that might improve the performance of the United States in responding to the energy challenge.

Jeremy Carl is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources and a Resources and a research fellow with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University. James E. Goodby is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow with the Center for Northeast Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Insitution.