-
Economic Feasibility of Coal to Liquids Development in Alaska's Interior
The Northern Alaska Environmental Center retained CSE to provide an independent critique of two economic studies published by the National Energy Technology Lab and Hatch, Ltd. in support of coal-to-liquids plants in the Fairbanks region. The study considered CTL development from a net public benefits perspective, and concluded that economic feasibility is highly unlikely because the net present value of public investments are likely to be well less than zero and benefit-cost ratios well less than one. CSE's report considered all relevant public and private costs, including natural resource damages, carbon emissions, and public subsidies - costs excluded from both the NETL and Hatch reports. The CSE report also corrected inaccurate assumptions contained in the economic analysis such as 100% plant availability and coal prices significantly less than what is being quoted by the coal supplier. Read:
Board, Staff and Fellows
- Dr. John Talberth, President and Senior Economist
-
-
John holds a Ph.D. in International and Environmental Economics from the University of New Mexico and an M.A. in...
- Richard Mietz, Vice President and Environmental Law Fellow
-
- Richard has been involved with various environmental and public interest groups as an activist, attorney, and board...
- Susan Leopold, Secretary-Treasurer and Sustainability Education Fellow
-
- Susan is the Executive Director of United Plant Savers (www.unitedplantsavers.org). She has a Doctorate in Ethnobotany...
- Dr. Nejem Raheem, Director and Economics Fellow
-
-
Dr. Nejem Raheem serves as an environmental economics fellow at CSE and has worked on CSE projects analyzing the...
- Erin Gray, Economics Fellow
-
- Erin holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and...
- Evan Branosky, Environmental Policy Fellow
-
- Evan Branosky is an environmental policy fellow at the Center for Sustainable Economy. With CSE, Evan has coauthored...
