However, it was interesting to note that at a lower temperature of 800 K, the auto ID of both fuel blends were similar as the effect of the chemical delay was reduced and the physical delay was playing a more prominent role, meaning that ethanol would have a shorter physical delay due ...
Alternative fuels, on the other hand, are defined as any alternative to gasoline that can be produced without restrictions on the type of feedstock resource, meaning that they can either be derived from renewable or fossil resources (European Commission, 2013). ...
The trick tomaking subsidy reforms stick, even in the face of an oil price rise, is to combine them with effective pro-poor policies. Examples include India paying for cooking gas for those householdswhich fall below a certain income level, or the way Indonesia and Iran have reallocated energ...
While activist groups cannot come close to matching the fossil fuel industry’s financial resources, its elite political relationships or its “structural” power in our fossil fuel-dependent global economy, they typically do enjoy considerable “discursive” and “symbolic” power, meaning battles ...
and other social amenities. In fact, some argue that the fuel subsidy was more beneficial to the rich than the poor – as they are the ones who have five cars on the road at the same time, which they fuel cheaply. And, while we don’t know whether the money used for subsidy would...
subsidy for US solar panel makers, which is typical of these types of government interventions). Obama's coal power plan, also known as his war on coal, will certainly reduce some CO2 from electricity generation but at a very high cost to consumers and industries. Steps like this are taken...
When homeowners put solar panels on their roofs, the electricity they sell to the utility is often “net metered” (credited with the full retail value of electricity that this home would pay). This is a huge subsidy to the owners of the solar panels because t...
Subsidies/Mandates: The subsidy system has been largely implemented in Europe to the first-generation biofuels, causing significant revenue losses for the governments. However, tax exemptions have the ability to steer the market by applying different reduction rates to various types of biofuels. With ...
While the government has tried to reassert control over the NOC and make it more efficient in certain ways, it has been reluctant to let go of its basic political functions. The article makes several contributions. It adds to the considerable literature on fossil fuel subsidy reform in ...
Energy is a critical aspect of the modern society and is intimately linked to the emission ofcarbon dioxide(greenhouse gas). In the broadest meaning of the word, energy fuels our daily lives, and the issue of sustainable energy has permeated everybody’s life. This advances to the fact that...