Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential in the United States (open access)

Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential in the United States

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) assessing "the potential of enhanced recovery techniques for freeing more of this oil [discovered oil] from the sandstone and limestone formations in which it is trapped" (Foreward).
Date: January 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gasohol (open access)

Gasohol

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) addressing "the major technical, economic, environmental and social factors related to production and use" (Issues and Findings). Gasohol is a mixture of one part ethanol and nine parts unleaded gasoline.
Date: September 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Proposed National Energy Plan (open access)

Analysis of the Proposed National Energy Plan

A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of an analysis of the proposed national energy plan.
Date: August 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technology Assessment of Changes in the Future Use and Characteristics of the Automobile Transportation System-Volume 2: Technical Report (open access)

Technology Assessment of Changes in the Future Use and Characteristics of the Automobile Transportation System-Volume 2: Technical Report

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines the automobile as a mode of personal transportation and considers issues an policy options pertaining to vehicles, highways, and related industries, services, and institutions" (p. iii).
Date: February 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Solar Technology to Today's Energy Needs - Volume 1 (open access)

Application of Solar Technology to Today's Energy Needs - Volume 1

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) reviewing "a range of solar energy systems designed to produce thermal and electrical energy directly from sunlight" and examining this technology, identifying "the circumstances under which such systems could be economically attractive" (p. iii).
Date: June 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Materials and Energy from Municipal Waste (open access)

Materials and Energy from Municipal Waste

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that addresses "important questions that have arisen about the feasibility of various approaches to resource recovery, recycling, and reuse" and presents "the results of an examination of important technological, economic, and institutional factors" (p. 3).
Date: July 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Alternative Economic Stockpiling Policies (open access)

An Assessment of Alternative Economic Stockpiling Policies

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that focuses on analyzing the "materials problems related to sudden discontinuities in the long-range supply/demand of a given material, resulting in complete or partial disruptions and abrupt price changes" (p. vii).
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy, The Economy, and Mass Transit (open access)

Energy, The Economy, and Mass Transit

A report on a study conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on current economic and energy conditions. The report "summarizes a number of findings regarding recent trends in the transit industry, the effects of current economic and energy conditions on the use of transit, and the relative merits of adopting alternative transportation strategies to increase transit use and achieve energy conservation objectives" (p. 1).
Date: October 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Contaminants in Food (open access)

Environmental Contaminants in Food

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that is "concerned with chemical and radioactive contaminants that inadvertently find their way into the human food supply" (p. iii).
Date: December 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Direct Use of Coal (open access)

The Direct Use of Coal

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "examines the complete coal system, from extraction to combustion, including the key steps and institutions that policy can influence" (p. iii).
Date: April 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Residential Energy Conservation (open access)

Residential Energy Conservation

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that analyzes "the potential for conserving energy in homes in terms of energy and costs" and "reviews existing and promising technologies, and a broad set of issues affecting why these technologies are or are not used, how their level of use and effectiveness can be improved, and related Federal programs and policies" (p. iii).
Date: July 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Technology Assessment of Coal Slurry Pipelines (open access)

A Technology Assessment of Coal Slurry Pipelines

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) on the "possible effects on society of coal slurry pipeline development, a comparison of pipeline and unit train costs, and an analysis of relevant legal and regulatory issues" (Foreword).
Date: March 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards: Appendix Volume II, Part Two (open access)

Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards: Appendix Volume II, Part Two

The focus of this report is the construction of nuclear power plants abroad, especially the problem of assuring that none of the plutonium produced in these plants is diverted for use in weapons.
Date: June 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards (open access)

Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards

A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks at nuclear proliferation and "seeks to facilitate an understanding of the problem and its implications, in terms of both a comprehensive overview and a detailed indepth analysis of key elements" (p. 7).
Date: June 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas (open access)

Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment assessing the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be used "in consideration of major new projects for the importation of natural gas, and of the competing alternatives for transporting natural gas from Alaska through Canada...or through Alaska only and thence via LNG tankers to the lower 48 States" (p. v).
Date: September 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Transportation by Tankers: An Analysis of Marine Pollution and Safety Measures (open access)

Oil Transportation by Tankers: An Analysis of Marine Pollution and Safety Measures

A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) presenting "a factual background on tankers and a discussion of issues related to the safety of tanker operation and the potential presented by tankers for introducing polluting oil into the marine environment" (p. xv). The report investigates broad issues and suggests possible alternatives.
Date: July 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Solar Technology to Today's Energy Needs - Volume 2 (open access)

Application of Solar Technology to Today's Energy Needs - Volume 2

The second of two reports by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) , this volume "provides detailed information about the assumptions made in these calculations and the techniques employed" (p. iii).
Date: September 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of Selected Federal Vaccine and Immunization Policies, Based on Case Studies of Pneumococcal Vaccine (open access)

A Review of Selected Federal Vaccine and Immunization Policies, Based on Case Studies of Pneumococcal Vaccine

The first in six reports by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that addresses "1) vaccine research, development, and production; 2)vaccine safety and efficacy; 3) cost-effectiveness of vaccination and implications for reimbursement; and 4) liability and compensation for vaccine-related injuries" (p. 4).
Date: September 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Report on the Gas Potential From Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin (open access)

Status Report on the Gas Potential From Devonian Shales of the Appalachian Basin

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of "the potential for producing gas from the Devonian shales of the Appalachian Basin" based on "plausible economic, geologic, and technological assumptions" (Foreward).
Date: November 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Implications of Chronic Materials Scarcity (open access)

Engineering Implications of Chronic Materials Scarcity

Papers delivered at the fourth Henniker Conference on National Materials Policy.
Date: April 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drugs in Livestock Feed: Volume 1: Technical Report (open access)

Drugs in Livestock Feed: Volume 1: Technical Report

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) over the use of drugs in livestock feed
Date: June 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Effects of Offshore Energy Systems: An Assessment of Oil and Gas Systems, Deepwater Ports, and Nuclear Powerplants Off the Coasts of New Jersey and Delaware (open access)

Coastal Effects of Offshore Energy Systems: An Assessment of Oil and Gas Systems, Deepwater Ports, and Nuclear Powerplants Off the Coasts of New Jersey and Delaware

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) about the effects of coastal development in the United States, specifically New Jersey and Delaware. The study looks at "the likely consequences of three energy systems for the ocean environment, the coastal environment, and the economics and patterns of life in both States during the next two decades" (p. c.1).
Date: November 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Information Systems Capabilities Required To Support U.S. Materials Policy Decisions (open access)

An Assessment of Information Systems Capabilities Required To Support U.S. Materials Policy Decisions

A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of an assessment designed to analyze "materials information systems and their capability to support effective policymaking decisions on materials problems" (p. vii).
Date: December 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Information Systems (open access)

Food Information Systems

Transcriptions of statements made over the course of four days regarding the food information systems in the United States.
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library