Michael Toman

Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels

Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs

In this report, RAND researchers assess the potential future production levels, production costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implicatio...

China's Technological Catch-Up Strategy

Industrial Development, Energy Efficiency, and CO2 Emissions

Prior to 1979, China had a bifurcated and geographically-dispersed industrial structure made up of a relatively small number of large-scale, state-own...

Impacts on U.S. Energy Expenditures and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions of Increasing Renewable-Energy Use

How could producing 25 percent of U.S. electricity and motor-vehicle transportation fuels from renewables by the year 2025 affect U.S. consumer energy...

Green Growth

An Exploratory Review

The concept of "Green Growth" is a focus of much interest and considerable debate among decision makers concerned with enhancing both nearer-term econ...

Evaluating Options for United States Greenhouse-gas Mitigation Using Multiple Criteria

Choosing a set of policy responses to mitigate greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for climate change is one of the great challenges that the United S...