Chapter 1 INTEGRATED ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS

This report presents results of a study of the potential for efficient and clean energy technologies to address a number of energy-related challenges facing the United States. These challenges include global climate change, air pollution, oil supply vulnerability, energy price volatility, and inefficiencies in energy production and end-use systems. Some of these concerns are visible today and are clear public priorities; others are emerging as issues or are possible outcomes of an uncertain future. How the nation responds to them will affect the prosperity and well-being of future generations.