Essays about: "Peak oil resources"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Peak oil resources.
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1. Evaluation of Jatropha Curcas as future en-ergy crop in some African countries.
University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknikAbstract : Biofuels now days consider as one of the successful alternative to meet the challenges associated with climate change and peak oil, as well as a way for poorer countries to develop an industry in order to enhance social and economic development. In many developing countries and particularly in Africa, this has led to large-scale investments in lands by foreign companies, and as a consequence there has been a debate on whether these actions are environmentally sustainable and whether this kind of activity actually brings economic development. READ MORE
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2. Evaluation of Skåne County’s capacity to be self-sufficient in foodstuffproduction: now and for the years 2030 and 2050.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Sweden is becoming increasingly dependent on the import of foodstuffs from a globalfood system that is unsustainable due to its responsibility for environmental degradation and itsdependency on finite resources like fertilizers and fossil fuels. The diminishing ability to be selfsufficientin a time when peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, exponentialpopulation growth, and a troublesome global economy might reshape the structures of the currentsystems, in a not so distant future, could be a cause for great worry. READ MORE
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3. Knowing the Neighbours: Post-Growth Umeå
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : This thesis is about researching methods/testing approaches to inhabiting/existing in a post-growth Norrland, the collective term for Sweden’s most northerly counties. With neo-liberal capitalism lurching from crisis to crisis, modernity, progress and the state are in trouble. READ MORE
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4. Decline Curve Analysis of Shale Oil Production : The Case of Eagle Ford
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utvecklingAbstract : Production of oil and gas from shale is often described as a revolution to energyproduction in North America. Since the beginning of this century the shale oilproduction has increased from practically zero to currently supply almost half of theU.S. oil production. READ MORE
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5. IEA and Oil : Track record analysis and assessment of oil supply scenarios in WEO 2000-2013
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Naturresurser och hållbar utvecklingAbstract : The World Energy Outlook (WEO), an annual publication from the International Energy Agency (IEA), is often considered to be the most authoritative source of future energy scenarios for policy decision makers. The demand and supply scenarios for oil, one of the most irreplaceable resources in the global energy system, are central in each report. READ MORE
