Introduction -- PART I - RESOURCE RENTS AND OPPORTUNITY COSTS -- The Economics of Exhaustible Resources -- Prices and Rents of Economically Recoverable Resources -- Pricing Energy Resources Under Transition to Alternative Energy -- Global Carbon Budgeting and the Social Cost of Carbon -- PART II...

Die Nutzung von erneuerbaren Energien zur Stromerzeugung hat in den vergangenen Jahren rasant zugenommen. Dennoch ist diese Nutzung in der Regel noch nicht wirtschaftlich und wird daher finanziell gefördert. Die Förderung erfolgt in Deutschland hauptsächlich durch das...

Local governments have the power to influence the energy choices of their citizens. Many cities and towns have already encouraged energy efficiency measures. Even so, as demand for energy services continues to grow, the energy infrastructure that every city and town depends on will need to be...

This study looks at alternatives to oil in the aftermath of the oil crisis in 1973/74 and the oil price rise in 1979. Besides supply-oriented approaches, which encourage the identification and exploration of domestic energy resources, a wide range of actions for energy demand management became...