Future electric automobiles

Hoffman, George A.

doi:10.1016/0099-3964(69)90018-0

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“…It converts energy into work more efficiently than the ICE car, it uses no imported oil, and it produces no exhaust pollutants. A number of technology assessment exercises over the past decade have come out rather positively in favour of the electric car on essentially these grounds (Hoffman, 1969;Little, 1968;Harvey and Menchen, 1974). The studies define the problem as the modification of the effect of the private car on pollution, or on dwindling energy resources, and having set the boundaries of the discussion in this way the answer is that the development of electric cars is unequivocally a good thing.…”

Section: The Paradox Of Specializationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policymaking rationality: A reformulation

Gershuny

1978

Policy Sci

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This paper proposes a reformulation of the concept of rationality in public policymaking. Following Lindblom's critique, it accepts that "comprehensive rationality" is unfeasible as a practical policymaking strategy, but suggests that a slightly recast concept could provide a suitable "ideal criterion" for the assessment of policymaking strategies. Adopting this "limited rationality" criterion, a variant of the "mixed scanning strategy" emerges as a basic prescription for the conduct of public policymaking, the paper provides a pair of case studies (in the field of transportation) to illustrate the need for mixed scanning.

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Section: The Paradox Of Specializationmentioning

confidence: 99%