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Appendix E: Prospective Evaluation of DOE Programs: A Preliminary Methodology
Pages 70-74

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From page 70...
... The retrospective study matrix labeled columns and rows with "benefits and costs" rather than simply "benefits." For brevity we refer here to benefits, but as before the matrix entries should be as net benefits or both benefits and costs, where appropriate.
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From page 71...
... . The disaggregation allows precise Risks associated with the programs fall into two broad measures where warranted and avoids oversimplifications in categories: the Probability of Meeting Program Goals and the latter case.
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From page 72...
... For on diesel emissions made obsolete fuel and engine research example in the case of the original Partnership for a New programs designed to meet anticipated more-modest objecGeneration of Vehicles, the official goal -- to create an auto- tives. mobile with many new component attributes -- was viewed · Potential Hazards -- Are there any potential hazards
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From page 73...
... Here, no program yet has realized benefits, while adversely impact the overall economy or the environment. the knowledge category is not appropriate as a primary goal (NRC, 2001, Appendix D)
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... Similarly, the probability of technical success can of success. take account of the technological interdependencies de Current energy security concerns center on two scenarios: scribed here.
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