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A Silver Lining to the Oil Price Cloud

Energy Institute at HAAS

This week’s blog is co-authored with Erich Muehlegger and David Rapson of UC Davis. On the growing list of … Continue Reading A Silver Lining to the Oil Price Cloud. Russia’s war on Ukraine will likely accelerate reductions in transportation emissions.

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Oil price tumbles after OPEC releases 2015 forecast

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As a result, the price of Brent crude has plunged more than 40 percent since June. There is a growing realization that the first half of next year is going to look very weak,” Gareth Lewis-Davies, a strategist at the Paris-based bank BNP Paribas, told Reuters. You start to price that in now.”. million barrels to 377.4

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MIT/UC Davis professors challenge claims that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices in 2010 and 2011

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Knittel/Smith results for implied gasoline price effects from elimination of ethanol for 2010 using Du/Hayes model and pooled-sample estimates. Put simply, the empirical results merely reflect the fact that ethanol production increased during the sample period whereas the ratio of gasoline to crude oil prices decreased.

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New UC Davis market-based sustainability forecasting approach concludes supplanting gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels could take 131 years

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At the current pace of research and development, replacing gasoline and diesel with renewable fuel alternatives could take some 131 years, according to a new University of California, Davis, study using a new sustainability forecasting approach based on market expectations. —Nataliya Malyshkina, UC Davis postdoctoral researcher.

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Mixed Outlook for Mainstream Consumer Adoption of PHEVs

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Dr. Ken Kurani from the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) presented results from the latest in a series of electric drive consumer studies seeking to learn from consumers whether or not PHEVs are a good idea. Research shows that people value loss of dollars a lot higher than value gained, about 1.5 times as much.

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Is Ford First?

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Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford told shareholders at the automaker's annual meeting that the automotive market is shifting rapidly because of higher oil prices and the company is trying to respond. Ford May Build a Plug-In Hybrid May 11, 2006 Ford Motor Co. producer of hybrid cars.

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Intel Founder: Look to Silicon Valley for Electric Car Development - GoodCleanTech

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As oil prices fall, "the push for new energy technologies isbeing shoved aside by the nations other economic woes," Grove said. PC Magazine, the PCMag.com logo and Gearlog are registered trademarks of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. automakers. Enter Yours Today! All Rights Reserved. is prohibited.

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