Proposed production of synthetic fuels from coal and biomass resources in the Midwestern U.S.A. raises important land use policy issues. These include agricultural lands protection; types of biomass development; equity for local communities; and government's role in land use and energy policy....

Cogeneration is an industrial energy conservation technology that is suited to urban applications. Large, energy-intensive industries, as well as smaller manufacturing firms, commercial buildings, and institutional facilities with high energy demand that are located close to one another and to...