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.

…whom we name electricity’s second wave.9 Figure 4. Installed Electric Generating Capacity in the United States.Data Source: US Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States (Washington, D.C.: US Bureau…

Industrial Ecology: Some Directions for Research

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

May 1997 – Pre Publication Draft Prepared by: Iddo K. Wernick and Jesse H. Ausubel Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University with the Vishnu Group for the Office of Energy…

Does Energy Policy Matter?

…is going to face, which are really no different that what natural gas faces: safety in the home, for instance. Can you have a hydrogen-powered house? Most people don’t know…

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

…change and corresponding changes in skill requirements. With further work time reduction within these 40 years, new organizational models of distributing work activities should be possible. For instance, like just-in-time…

Bi-Logistic Growth

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

…deviant increase in U.S. tests after the scare of the 1957 sputnik launch. Figure 9. U.S. installed electric generating capacity with a Bi-logistic growth curve. Source of data: [15, 16]. Figure…

Verification of International Environmental Agreements

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

…on emissions, thus encountering the obvious problems of veracity with such data. Technological innovation may soon improve the prospects for monitoring, since continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) are being installed…

Community Risk Profiles: Summary

…views my city through a soda straw. They only look at one thing at a time, for instance, underground storage tanks, or stormwater runoff, drinking water, trucker safety. . ….

Community Risk Profiles: Background

…distinct departmental responsibilities to operate e ffectively. The National Institutes of Health, for instance, is divided into more than 20 separate institutes, mostly focused on a particular organ or disease….