Synthetic Fuel Technology Development in the United States: A Retrospective Assessment

1990 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 350
Author(s):  
Anthony N. Stranges ◽  
Michael Crow ◽  
Barry Bozeman ◽  
Walter Meyer ◽  
Ralph Shangraw
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Synthetic Fuel ◽  
Retrospective Assessment ◽  
Fuel Technology

Obama's Legacy on Israel/Palestine

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh Ruebner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Solution ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Retrospective Assessment ◽  
Official Policy ◽  
The U.S

This retrospective assessment argues that despite the arrival in office in 2009 of a president who articulated the case for Palestinian rights more strongly and eloquently than any of his predecessors, U.S. official policy in the Obama years skewed heavily in favor of Israel. While a negotiated two-state resolution of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians continued to be the formal goal of the United States, Israel's defiant refusal to stop settlement expansion, the administration's determined actions to perpetuate Israeli impunity in international fora, as well as the U.S. taxpayer's hefty subsidy of the Israeli military machine all ensured that no progress could be made on that score. The author predicts that with all hopes of a negotiated two-state solution now shattered, Obama's successor will have to contend with an entirely new paradigm, thanks in no small part to the gathering momentum of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Water and Wastes: A Retrospective Assessment of Wastewater Technology in the United States, 1800-1932

1984 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel A. Tarr ◽  
James McCurley III ◽  
Francis C. McMichael ◽  
Terry Yosie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Retrospective Assessment

scholarly journals Interrogating Privacy in the digital society: media narratives after 2 cases

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 6-17
Author(s):  
Caroline Rizza ◽  
Paula Curvelo ◽  
Inês Crespo ◽  
Michel Chiaramello ◽  
Alessia Ghezzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Media Narratives ◽  
The Eu

The introduction of information technology (IT) in the society and its pervasiveness in every aspect of citizens’ daily life highlight societal stakes related to the goals regarding the uses IT, such as social networks. This paper examines two cases that lack a straightforward link with privacy as addressed and protected by existing law in Europe (EU) and the United-States (USA), but whose characteristics, we believe fall on other privacy function and properties. In Western societies, individuals rely on normative discourses, such as the legal one, in order to ensure protection. Hence, the paper argues that other functions of privacy need either further framing into legislation or they need to constitute in themselves normative commitments of an ethical nature for technology development and use. Some initiatives at the EU level recall such commitments, namely by developing a normative discourse based on ethics and human values. We argue that we need to interrogate society about those normative discourses because the values we once cherished in a non-digital society are seriously being questioned.

scholarly journals Test and Evaluation of Shale Derived Jet Fuel by the United States Air Force

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Delaney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
United States Air Force ◽  
The United States ◽  
Jet Fuel ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Synthetic Fuels ◽  
Synthetic Fuel ◽  
Test And Evaluation

In June 1980, the United States Congress passed the Energy Security Act which provided for the formation of the United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation and amended the Defense Production Act of 1950 to provide for synthetic fuels for the Department of Defense (DOD). A subsequent law, P.L., 96-304, appropriated up to $20 billion for financial incentives to foster a national synthetic fuel industry. The initial synthetic fuel project funded under the Energy Security Act is the Unocal Parachute Creek Project in Colorado with an expected shale oil production of 10,000 bbls/day. The Defense Fuel Supply Center (DFSC) contracted with Gary Energy Refining Company, Fruita, Colorado to provide approximately 5000 bbls/day of shale JP-4 for the United States Air Force (USAF) using crude from the Parachute Creek project, with initial deliveries to begin in 1985. The USAF immediately accelerated preparations for the eventual operational use of shale derived fuels for turbine engine aircraft. An extensive test and evaluation program was initiated consisting of aviation turbine fuel processing, fuel characterization, aircraft component and subsystem testing, engine and flight testing. This paper describes the testing program that was accomplished, the significant results which were determined and the quality assurance program that is being implemented to assure that the shale fuel meets the requirements of JP-4, the standard USAF jet fuel.

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