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Effectiveness and Welfare Impacts of Alternative Policies to Address Atmospheric Pollution in Urban Road Transport [PDF]

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In this paper we compare the effectiveness and welfare effects of alternative fuel efficiency, environmental and transport policies for a given urban area. The urban transport activities are represented as a set of interrelated markets, one for each mode
Kurt Van Dender, Stef Proost
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ELVO-Based Autonomous Satellite Collision Avoidance with Multiple Debris

open access: yesAerospace
The frequent occurrence of space debris collision incidents has made research on autonomous satellite avoidance necessary. Against this backdrop, the paper presents a short-term autonomous space debris avoidance algorithm based on the Equivalent Linear ...
Ziyao Li, Hongchao Li, Chanying Li
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The impacts of air-pollution motivated automobile consumption tax adjustments of China [PDF]

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A concomitant of the rapid development of the automobile industry in China is the serious air pollution and carbon dioxide emission. There are various regulation instruments to reduce the air pollution from automobile sources.
Ju, Heng, Xiao, Junji
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Regenerative Cu/La zeolite supported desulfurizing sorbents [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Efficient, regenerable sorbents for removal of H2S from fluid hydrocarbons such as diesel fuel at moderate condition comprise a porous, high surface area aluminosilicate support, suitably a synthetic zeolite, and most preferably a zeolite having a free ...
Sharma, Pramod K., Voecks, Gerald E.
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Quantum Fuel with Multilevel Atomic Coherence for Ultrahigh Specific Work in a Photonic Carnot Engine

open access: yes, 2015
We investigate scaling of work and efficiency of a photonic Carnot engine with the number of quantum coherent resources. Specifically, we consider a generalization of the "phaseonium fuel" for the photonic Carnot engine, which was first introduced as a ...
Müstecaplıoğlu, Özgür E.   +1 more
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Automobile fuel efficiency policies with international innovation spillovers. [PDF]

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In this paper, we explore automobile fuel efficiency policies in the presence of two externalities i) a global environmental problem and ii) international innovation spillovers.
Barla, Philippe, Proost, Stef
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World Bank Energy Sector Lending: Encouraging the World's Addiction to Fossil Fuels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Examines World Bank financing of developing countries' fossil fuel projects and its effect on greenhouse gas emissions. Recommends reassessing lending policies to emphasize renewable energy and energy efficiency projects as well as improving ...
Heike Mainhardt-Gibbs
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Fuel Efficiency and Motor Vehicle Travel: The Declining Rebound Effect [PDF]

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We estimate the rebound effect for motor vehicles, by which improved fuel efficiency causes additional travel, using a pooled cross section of US states for 1966-2001.
Kenneth A. Small, Kurt Van Dender
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