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ENERGIA RENOVÁVEL: UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE OFERTA E DEMANDA DE ETANOL NO BRASIL
Oliveira, Michelle Pinto; Alencar, Junia Rodrigues De; … - 2008
A grande necessidade de diminuir a dependência em relação ao petróleo devido aos seus preços em constante elevação, a preocupação com o meio ambiente (protocolo de kyoto) e a crescente demanda por carros flex tem colocado o etanol - uma energia totalmente renovável - em papel de...
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The Clean Development Mechanism and Least Developed Countries: Key Determinants for Enhancing Climate Change Mitigative Capacity with Case Study Analysis of Niger.
Winkelman, Andrew Gene - 2011
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol offers developing countries the opportunity to participate in the effort to reduce global greenhouse gas levels while also benefitting from sustainable development opportunities. To date, the majority of CDM investments have gone to...
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Abfall- und Kreislaufwirtschaftlicher Transformationsprozess in Deutschland und in China : Analyse - Vergleich - Übertragbarkeit
Läpple, Fang - 2007
die Entwicklung Chinas geworden. Chinas Umweltprobleme betreffen die ganze Welt. Die Entwicklung der Kreislaufwirtschaft ….Germany is one of the model countries in the world at the development of circular economy. China is just at the beginning. But …
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Das Dispositiv der Zukunftsfähigen Entwicklung
Timpf, Siegfried - 2000
Wird über Nachhaltigkeit gesprochen, so stellt sich der Eindruck ein, es gehe um einen Begriff, den bestimmte Akteure benutzen, um mit ihm interessengeleitete Praktiken zu legitimieren. Der ironische Gehalt dieser rhetorischen Figur liegt in der Überschätzung des Begriffs der Nachhaltigkeit...
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Ökokaufhaus - Konzept der Zukunft? Empirische Analyse der Effekte eines innovativen Unternehmenskonzept auf Umwelt und Gesellschaft
Gebhardt, Beate - 2006
Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften der Unternehmen und nachhaltiger Konsum der Verbraucher stellen die Zielgrößen dar, die als zukunftsweisend deklariert werden. Ein unternehmerischer Pionier, der idealistisch motiviert, verschiedene Nachhaltigkeitsziele verwirklichen will, allen voran das...
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Qualitativer Bewusstseins- und Verhaltenswandel im Kontext einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung und ??kologischen ??konomik
Sieben, Daniel - 2007
, spirituelle Weltanschauungen) zeigen zus??tzliche nicht-materialistische Wahrnehmungen von Welt und Wirklichkeit auf. Im f … Methodik um introspektive Einsichten notwendig, sowie die Erweiterung von Welt- und Menschenbild um immaterielle Aspekte … between subject and object, mind and matter, inner and outer world. Two digressions (Emoto, Spiritual Philosophies …
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Economic Effects of Biofuel Production on States and Rural Communities
Parcell, Joseph L.; Westhoff, Patrick - 2006
This study summarizes research on farm-, local-, regional-, and macro-level economic effects of ethanol production. Given current production levels, the ethanol production industry annually employees approximately 3,500 workers, pays out nearly $132 million in worker salaries, generates over...
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Carbon Abatement in the Fuel Market with Biofuels: Implications for Second-Best Policies
Crago, Christine L.; Khanna, Madhu - 2010
A carbon tax would penalize carbon intensive fuels like gasoline and shiftfuel consumption to less carbon intensive alternatives like biofuels. Since biofuelproduction competes for land with agriculture, a carbon tax could raiseland rents, divert land towards fuel production, and raise...
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Welfare impacts of alternative biofuel and energy policies
Cui, Jingbo; Lapan, Harvey E.; Moschini, GianCarlo; … - 2010
emphasis on corn-based ethanol, on the U.S. economy. The model specification incorporates world and domestic markets, assumes …
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The effect of biofuel on the international oil market
Hochman, Gal; Rajagopal, Deepak; Zilberman, David - 2010
This paper derives a method to quantify the short- to medium-run impact of biofuel on fuelmarkets, assuming that these markets are dominated by cartel of oil-rich countries, and that pricesin these countries are set to maximize the sum of domestic consumer and producer surplus, leadingto a wedge...
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