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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Peak Oil"”.
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USA vs CHINA; ENERGY SECURITY POLITICS Challenges of Peak-Oil and Climate Change
"Energy is a critical basis for state survival. This thesis aims at examining the different energy-security strategies of the USA and China and the political means necessary to implement clean-energy development beyond marginal results. The success of China’s lead in its devotion to clean-energy …
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Land Matters : Agrofuels, Unequal Exchange, and Appropriation of Ecological Space
… by the combination of fossil fuels (coal, oil) and appropriation of space overseas (colonialism, trade). Today we are entering a period of peak oil, and this restraint on growth is accompanied by the recognition that mitigating climate change requires a veto on the use of other fossil fuels …
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Global Capitalism and the Energy Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities Associated with a Transition to Renewables
… of energy. Reliance on fossil fuels, especially oil, supported economic growth under capitalism but also has led to climate change. As peak oil approaches, a transition towards renewable sources of energy is mandatory for ensuring future prospects of development and for reducing the effects of …
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The Stabilizing Effects of Sesame Oil Extraction Technologies on Seasonal Fluctuations in Food Consumption and Nutritional Status of Rural Farming Households in The Gambia
… lean season. In 1995, the Small-Scale Sesame Oil Production project introduced an inexpensive, manual technology for edible oil extraction, called the ram press, to women in The Gambia. The overall aim of the project was to improve household nutritional security through the adoption of the ram …
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Áhrif vinnslu tjörusands á efnahags-, umhverfis- og félagslega þætti sjálfbærrar þróunar : hvað orsakaði það að nýjar aðferðir við vinnslu jarðefnaeldsneytis hófust sem áður þóttu of kostnaðarsamar og hvaða afleiðingar hefur sú vinnsla haft í för með sér?
… M. Deffeyes um hámarksframleiðslu á olíu (e. peak oil) og yfirvofandi olíuskort. Í framhaldi af því eru skilgreiningar á olíubirgðum skoðaðar og hvar í heiminum þær er að finna. Því næst eru þrjár nýjar aðferðir við vinnslu jarðefnaeldsneytis skoðaðar; vinnsla olíu með djúpsjávarborun, vinnsla …
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The transformation of the oil market: A study of financialisation through crises
… level of price volatility and speculation in the oil market over the past three decades. In contrast to mainstream accounts, which typically invoke the notion of global oil shortage and so-called ‘peak oil’ arguments, this thesis suggests that price volatility and speculation in the oil market …
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Past, present and future evolution of oil prices
This thesis reviews how oil price has evolved throughout time since it was discovered and commercially exploited in 1859 in Pennsylvania. Rather than a pure economic study, this thesis illustrates how major historic and geopolitical events have been influenced or driven by a frantic quest for oil. …
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An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town
… residential areas. Additionally, concerns over Peak Oil’s impact on fuel prices means transport will become even more unaffordable in the future. Through a literature review, this thesis understands the precariousness of transport costs and how they are exacerbated by long commuting distances …
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From marginalized to optimized : re-envisioning urban highway corridors
… aging facilities, strained finances, peak oil concerns, climate change, and urban regeneration. It is a prudent time to re-examine the place of highways within the urban fabric. The elevated structures associated with the urban highway model were for the most part constructed over 40 …
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Modeling, Optimization and Large-scale Grid Integrations of Solar Photovoltaic Energy in Ontario's Electricity System
… As the effects of global warming and peak oil become apparent, and as new technologies for smart grids and distributed generation are introduced into the grid, it will be useful to have a comprehensive understanding of how to plan for the integration of renewables from an electricity …
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Investigation into potential gas hydrate and gas zones off the South African coastline
… products are important to modern life and, as peak oil is reached, the search is on for alternative fuel sources. A natural gas hydrate, also known as a clathrate, is formed when a gas molecule (such as methane) is trapped in a lattice of ice. Once considered oilfield nuisances, they are now …
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Dynamic capabilities in related diversification : the case of geothermal technology development by oil companies
During the peak oil price period of the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s, 12 major oil firms decided to diversify into the geothermal energy business under the assumption that they could easily leverage their upstream oil capabilities for that purpose. In this thesis I examine how oil firms …
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Surgery and Climate Change: The Scientific and Public Policy Implications
… and compounding global environmental crises (peak oil, resource depletion, water shortages, biodiversity decline and species extinction, to name a few), constitutes an existential threat to modern civilisation and the sustainability of socio-medical practices such as surgery.
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Plain & Simple: The Will to Live Sustainably in an Unsustainable World
… environmental problems like climate change and peak oil. The narrative form allows the research I have collected to maintain an accessible language which is important in reaching a greater audience beyond that of academia. The narrative shows easy, manageable sustainable choices and changes that …
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Energy scarcity and food security: strategies for transition to resilient food system governance
… contextual questions, including: What post-peak oil scenarios are plausible or implausible given current evidence regarding global oil production, resource constraints, and available energy alternatives? Do any current trends or signals indicate the unfolding of one scenario, in particular, …
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The cost to employers of limiting the catchment size from which they employ their staff. Viola Proctor.
… for low income workers. Climate Change and Peak Oil will cause transport costs to rise. „Low carbon‟ solutions are not viable in developing cities such as Cape Town, where most workers already use public transport and it is unlikely that governments will have the resources to further …
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Localisation and Resilience at the local level: the case of Transition Town Totnes
… Transition movement, a grassroots response to peak oil and climate change, co-founded by this author. It focuses on two key aspects of the Transition approach, resilience and economic relocalisation, with the aim of analysing whether and how they can be implemented in a locality based on the …
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Deliberative and democratic qualities in the public sphere : a comparative study of transition initiatives in Italy and Australia
… Transition, a contemporary movement fighting peak oil and resource depletion through the development of community-level activism. In the initial part, this work discusses the idea of deliberative capacity in light of the wider debates in the field and adapts this concept to suit the empirical …
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Deliberative and democratic qualities in the public sphere : a comparative study of transition initiatives in Italy and Australia
… Transition, a contemporary movement fighting peak oil and resource depletion through the development of community-level activism. In the initial part, this work discusses the idea of deliberative capacity in light of the wider debates in the field and adapts this concept to suit the empirical …
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Fodder legumes for Green Biorefineries
Peak oil is forcing our society to shift from fossil to renewable resources. However, such renewable resources are also scarce, and they too must be used in the most efficient and sustainable way possible. Biorefining is a concept that represents both resource efficiency and sustainability. This …
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