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245	1	0	_aImported oil and U.S. national security _helectronic resource _cKeith Crane ... [et al.].
246	3		_aImported oil and US national security ;
246	3		_aImported oil and United States national security
260			_aSanta Monica, CA _bRAND _c2009
300			_a1 PDF-file (xxiv, 101 p.)
490	1		_aRAND Corporation monograph series ; RAND_MG838
500			_aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2009) ;
500			_a"Sponsored by the Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce."
520			_aAssesses economic, political, and military concerns arising from the United States' dependence on foreign oil ;
520			_aIn 2007, on a net basis, the United States imported 58 percent of the oil it consumed. This book critically evaluates commonly suggested links between these oil imports and U.S. national security. The major risk to the United States posed by reliance on oil is the economic costs of a major disruption in global oil supplies. On the other hand, the study found no evidence that oil exporters have been able to use embargoes or threats of embargoes to achieve key political and foreign policy goals. Oil revenues are irrelevant for terrorist groups' ability to launch attacks. The study also assesses the economic, political, and military costs and benefits of potential policies to alleviate challenges to U.S. national security linked to imported oil. Of these measures, the adoption of the following energy policies by the U.S. government would most effectively reduce the costs to U.S. national security of importing oil: (1) Support well-functioning oil markets and refrain from imposing price controls or rationing during times of severe disruptions in supply. (2) Initiate a high-level review of prohibitions on exploring and developing new oil fields in restricted areas in order to provide policymakers and stakeholders with up-to-date and unbiased information on both economic benefits and environmental risks from relaxing those restrictions. (3) Ensure that licensing and permitting procedures and environmental standards for developing and producing oil and oil substitutes are clear, efficient, balanced in addressing both costs and benefits, and transparent. (4) Impose an excise tax on oil to increase fuel economy and soften growth in demand for oil. (5) Provide more U.S. government funding for research on improving the efficiency with which the U.S. economy uses oil and competing forms of energy.--Publisher description.
650		7	_aoil _xnatural security _zUSA
700	1		_aCrane, Keith, _d1953-
710	2		_aRand Corporation
710	2		_aRand Corporation. _bNational Security Research Division
710	2		_aRand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
710	2		_aChamber of Commerce of the United States of America. _bInstitute for 21st Century Energy
856	4	0	_zCLICK HERE TO VIEW: _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG838.pdf
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