David Santana Ortiz

Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal

Prospects and Policy Issues

Record-high world oil prices have prompted renewed interest in producing liquid fuels from coal. The United States leads the world in recoverable coal...

The State of U.S. Railroads

A Review of Capacity and Performance Data

The volume of freight transported in the United States is expected to double in the next 30 years. An increased use of rail freight could allow the su...

Increasing the Capacity of Freight Transportation

U.S. and Canadian Perspectives

"This document synthesizes the discussions of a one-day workshop, "Increasing the Capacity of Freight Transport: Canadian and American Perspectives on...

Revisiting US-VISIT

U.S. Immigration Processes, Concerns, and Consequences

In January 2004, spurred by the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security inaugurated a new system for the tracking of fo...

Implications and Policy Options of California's Reliance on Natural Gas

Assesses the benefits, risks, and implications of the increased use of natural gas to meet California's growing energy needs. The authors address supp...

E-Vision 2002, Shaping Our Future by Reducing Energy Intensity in the U.S. Economy, Volume I

Proceedings of the Conference

The E-Vision 2002 Conference, held in May 2002, was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy as a step toward implementing a key recommendation of t...

The Industrial Base for Carbon Dioxide Storage

Status and Prospects

If policies aimed at large reductions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are enacted, more carbon capture and storage will be needed. RAND researchers ...

Evaluating the Security of the Global Containerized Supply Chain

Much worldwide cargo, from raw materials to finished products, travels via containerized shipping. For the shippers, the main concern has always been ...

E-vision 2002: (on CD-ROM) Supplementary conference materials

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Strategic Issues Facing Transportation

Preparing State Transportation Agencies for an Uncertain Energy Future. Volume 5

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Energy-sector Workforce Development in West Virginia

Aligning Community College Education and Training with Needed Skills

In 2013, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) asked RAND to work closely with the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia ...

Energy-sector Workforce Development in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Aligning Education and Training with Innovation and Needed Skills

This report describes energy-sector innovation that affects skill demand, describes postsecondary training programs that adapt to evolving demand, and...