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NCEP holds forum on 'The Future of Biomass and Transportation Fuels'

Sunday, July 13, 2003
 

While the prospects of using our farm, forest and waste products to produce transportation fuels enjoys widespread political support in Congress, the Administration, and among many interest groups, key questions remain regarding the realistic scale of domestically-produced fuels, costs, and environmental impacts. In response to these questions and uncertainties, the National Commission on Energy Policy sponsored a forum, "The Future of Biomass and Transportation Fuels" on Friday, June 13, 2003 at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The forum featured addresses by Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO), Assistant Secretary of Energy David Garman and Under Secretary of Agriculture Mark Rey, in addition to presentations and debate among other notable participants.

NCEP Commissioners R. James Woolsey, Phillip Sharp, Marilyn Brown, Hank Habicht led a host of experts

through investigating the technical, economic and political hurdles to widespread domestic production of

transportation fuels from energy crops and waste products.

Available below are the forum summary transcript, the technical presentations made by forum participants, the forum agenda, and the NCEP Update Newsletter (PDF Format).

NCEP Biomass Forum Summary Transcript 6.13.03

Presentations:

Robin Graham - Oak Ridge National Laboratory

David Gray - Mitretek Corporation

Nathanael Greene - Natural Resource Defense Council

Lester Lave - Carnegie Melon University

Lee Lynd - Dartmouth College

Forum Agenda:

NCEP Biomass Forum - Agenda 6.13.03

NCEP UPDATE Newsletter - Biomass Forum