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EMD-81-104 1 (1981-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabceg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RE~T~' V~ ~ te S~enera ........ ' 1i: t~ ;i >4 ' ' p 8C~fiC approval... by the 0:,hcd 0,pcfcaro UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 r:,4L IEASED ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION B-203767 June 25, 1981 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate Dear Senator Jackson: Subject: Minerals Critical to Developing Future Energy Technologies, Their Availability, and Projected Demand (EMD-81-104) The next 20 to 30 years are expected to be a period of transition from major dependence on conventional energy sources such as oil and natural gas to an era more dependent on noncon- ventional renewable and virtually inexhaustible sources of energy. The viability of these future alternative energy sources is contingent, in part, on future materials and min- erals availability, technology, and cost. On June 20, 1980, you asked GAO to identify minerals crit- ical to developing future energy technologies, their availa- bility, and projected demand. In your letter, you stated that strategic and critical minerals constraints on the United States capability to meet expected requirements of future major alter- native energy technologies represent a critical consideration in formulating a national energy policy and, as such, are of immediate interest to the Committee. From GAO's effort, you stated that the Committee should be able to identify whether legislation is needed to develop new alloys or substitutes; increase domestic, foreign, and undersea supplies; develop new technologies; promote recycling; augment stockpiles, etc. Our initial effort found that no Federal agency collects data in a form that can be used to show how much of any given mineral goes to the energy industries or to project demand for minerals by the various energy technologies. Further, a capa- bility for providing valid, reasonably reliable projections of demand for and supply of minerals by the energy technologies had not been developed within either the public or private sector. As agreed with your office, GAO and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory developed a methodology to evaluate projected energy- related demand for nonfuel minerals. The methodology modified (008422) q5 2 115818

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