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| Qiu, Cheng; Colson, Gregory; Wetzstein, Michael E.. |
| In this study, a Structural Vector Autoregression model (SVAR) is employed to decompose how supply/demand structural shocks affect food and fuel prices within fuel and corn markets. Results indicate that the relative importance of each structural shock in explaining the variation of corn prices is different. Our findings support the hypothesis that corn prices increase as a response to those positive demand shocks in the short run, while in the long run, global competitive agricultural commodities markets as well as positive supply shocks respond to commodity price shocks, restoring prices to its long-run trends. In conclusion, fundamental market forces of demand and supply as well as real economic aggregated demand shocks were the main contributors of the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food; Fuel; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103689 |
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| Lenza,Eddie; Abadia,Ana Clara; Menegat,Hélio; Lúcio,Nadjarriny W.; Maracahipes-Santos,Leonardo; Mews,Henrique A.; Santos,Josias O. dos; Martins,Jhany. |
| ABSTRACT We surveyed two savanna sites, one on flat terrain with deep soil (DS), and the other on hilly terrain with rocky outcrops and shallow soil (RS), before and after an accidental fire. We found that the fire did not cause any significant changes in the species composition or diversity of either community, and did not result in floristic homogenization. However, we did record a reduction in the density of plants and in basal area in the DS savanna in comparison with the RS savanna, as well as a higher rate of basal sprouting, which indicates a trade-off between mortality and sprouting. We conclude that, whereas post-fire changes in vegetation structure were more pronounced in the DS savanna than in the RS, the difference in the underlying substrate... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Diversity; Fire; Fuel; Savanna; Species composition. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062017000200250 |
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| Jaccob,Ausama Ayob. |
| Serious health consequences can occur not only from acute exposure to environmental toxicants, but also from chronic exposures to minute quantities. Petroleum substances are widely distributed and used in huge amount, mainly as fuels. A total number of 45 males aged between 20 and 45 years participated in this study. The participants were divided in to two groups: The first group of 25 subjects worked at least 8hours/day in different oil product distribution companies in both Basrah and Thiqar Governorates-Iraq. The second group (control group) of 20 healthy individuals with age and weight matched with the test group and lived far away from hazardous exposure. Heavy metals levels in hair were measured by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Statistical... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Fuel; Heavy metals/effects; Hair; Pollutions. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502020000100523 |
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| Musser, Wesley N.; Lambert, Dayton M.; Daberkow, Stan G.. |
| The recent volatility of energy prices has numerous policy implications for agriculture. A better understanding of the factors associated with energy consumption as related to crop production management decisions and technology use may provide insight about how producers might respond to program or market incentives targeting energy use in particular, and soil and water conservation in general. Adoption of minimum tillage could reduce erosion and improved fertilizer management practices could reduce nitrogen runoff. Energy costs may be reduced with adoption of reduced tillage technology, improved drying and irrigation systems, or more careful attention to the application and timing of fertilizers. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Energy; Fuel; Nitrogen; Farm management; Technology; Crop Production/Industries; Q12; Q40. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21063 |
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| Priour, Daniel; Khaled, Ramez. |
| Trawls energy efficiency is greatly affected by the drag, as well as by the swept area. The drag results in an increase of the energy consumption and the sweeping influences the catch. Methods of optimisation of the trawl design have been developed in order to reduce the volume of carburant per kg of caught fish and consequently the drag per swept area of the trawl. Based on a finite element method model for flexible netting structures, the tool modifies step by step a reference design. For each step the best-modified design, in terms of drag per swept area is kept. Such optimisation can lead to a decrease of the drag or an increase of the swept area. In the second case, that could lead to an increase of fishing effort. To avoid such increase, which could... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Fishing; Fuel; Fishing gear; Trawl; Optimisation; Fishing effort. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00170/28151/26381.pdf |
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| Hochman, Gal; Rajagopal, Deepak; Zilberman, David. |
| This paper derives a method to quantify the impact of biofuel on fuel markets, assuming that these markets are dominated by cartel of oil-rich countries, and that prices in these countries are set to maximize the sum of domestic consumer and producer surplus, leading to a wedge between domestic and international fuel prices. We model this behavior by applying the optimal export tax model (henceforth, the cartel-of-nations model) to the fuel markets. Using data from 2007 to calibrate the model, we show that the introduction of biofuels reduces global fossil fuel consumption and international fuel prices by about 1% and 2%, respectively. We identify large differences between the effects of introducing biofuels using the cartel-of-nations model, in contrast... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Energy; OPEC; Biofuel; Fuel; Carbon savings; Optimal export tax model; Cheap oil; International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; F1; Q4. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59170 |
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