Elektron: Electrical Systems in Retrospect and Prospect

JH Ausubel, C Marchetti. Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment 110–134 1997 Also appeared in Daedalus 125(3):139-169, Summer 1996.

…further for efficiency gains. Much large electrical machinery is already so efficient that little or no gain is to be expected there. But a discontinuous step could yet come in…

Industrial Ecology: Some Directions for Research

IK Wernick, JH Ausubel. With the Vishnu Group, The Rockefeller University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1997

…the effect of price disparities between virgin and recovered materials, and to assess the effect of other economic factors associated with waste markets, such as additional processing and transportation costs….

Does Energy Policy Matter?

…in the year 1931 in his wonderful 1949 book, Human Behavior and the Principle of Least Effort. About 350 couples lived 1 block apart, about 100 lived 5 blocks apart,…

Working Less and Living Longer: Long-Term Trends in Working Time and Time Budgets

JH Ausubel, Arnulf Grübler. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 50: 113–131 1995

…1992). This has certainly been an additional factor accentuating the unemployment problems in a number of countries.Table 2. International Comparison of Hours Worked (effectively)5 per Person Per Year (Source of Data:…

Bi-Logistic Growth

PS Meyer. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 47: 89–102 1994

…system is needed to derive estimates reasonably and efficiently. Usually, simple visual examination of the plotted raw data suffices. The L-M implementation used allows any number of the 6 parameters…

Verification of International Environmental Agreements

JH Ausubel, DG Victor. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 17: 1–43 1992

…See Ref. 8, pp. 119-39 57. Bruce, M. 1986. The London dumping convention, 1972: The first decade and future. See Ref. 51, pp. 298-318 58. Birnie, P. 1985. The role of…

Community Risk Profiles: Summary

…at federal facilities also offer lessons for the development of CRPs. Such efforts demand a concerted effort on the part of government and the community to make environmental decisions. Both…

Community Risk Profiles: Background

…panel, convened by the EPA, that reviewed a list of 31 environmental problems. The problems were evaluated according to four different risk criteria: cancer-related effects, noncancer health effects, ecological e…