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The strategic petroleum reserve: Technology and policy implementation

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The debate over how much control technologists should have over the policy process has been enlivened by the United States' attempt to solve its energy problems. The fate of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), a program for storing huge supplies of crude oil in salt caves, provides an opportunity for understanding the technology-policy nexus through a concentrated examination of the roles of accountability and administrative responsibility in an energy program considered vital to national security. Analysis of the SPR case reveals that planners designed the program without consideration of the political, sociological and ecological factors involved, and leads to the conclusion that, even when familiar technologies are employed in the solution of energy problems, enthusiasts can resist public and administrative pressure for standard practices of safety and accountability.

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  • Katz, James E., 1981. "The strategic petroleum reserve: Technology and policy implementation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 6(9), pages 927-932.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:6:y:1981:i:9:p:927-932
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(81)90064-5
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    1. Ji, Qiang & Zhang, Hai-Ying & Zhang, Dayong, 2019. "The impact of OPEC on East Asian oil import security: A multidimensional analysis," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 99-107.

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