Jim MacKenzie, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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“…[T]here is a growing body of evidence that a decline in world [oil] production is likely to occur in less than 20 years. As the peak in production approaches, prices will begin to rise and the United States – consumer of 25 percent of world output – will have to quickly shift to new energy sources to mitigate the impacts on its heavily oil-dependent economy.
Two decades is precious little time for such a sweeping transformation, a point few decisionmakers appreciate. The time to formulate policies that encourage more efficient oil use and a switch to alternative energy sources is now. The transportation sector, almost totally dependent on oil, will be especially hard hit. The good news is that only a few simple, though bold, policy changes are needed to ensure a smoother transition.”
“Heading Off the Permanent Oil Crisis,” Issues in Science and Technology, Apr. 14, 2006
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute, 1986-present
- Professorial Lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
- Visiting Fellow, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Program
- Senior Staff Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), 1981-1986
- Senior Staff Member for Energy, President’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 1977-1981
- Former Co-chair, Impacts Panel of the Domestic Policy Review
- Member, Joint Scientific Staff, Massachusetts and National Audubon Societies, 1970-1977
- Former Advisor, Fossil Fuels Policy Action Institute
- Education:
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- Completed post graduate work at Los Alamos Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- PhD, Physics, University of Minnesota
- Other:
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- None found