The recent global increases in fuel prices threaten the gains in poverty reduction that countries like Paraguay have achieved over the past few decades. Therefore, policy makers must understand the potential distributional impacts of increases in fuel prices to evaluate the implementation of...

We use a nationally representative panel data and combine difference-in-differences methodology with multivalued treatments to look at the impact of cooking fuel switch towards LPG on the probability of short-term adverse respiratory health outcomes such as cough and cough with breathing issues....

We analyze welfare implications of policies promoting environmentally friendly vehicles employing rich Swiss micro-data on 23,000 newly purchased cars and their buyers. Our estimates reveal substantial income heterogeneity in price elasticity and electric vehicle (EV) adoption. While CO2 levies...

The German federal government intended to alleviate the burden of increasing fuel prices by introducing a temporary reduction of energy taxes on gasoline and diesel. In order to evaluate the impact of this measure on consumer prices at the filling stations the development of procurement costs...

The rise in sensor-based monitoring in the cookstove sector has been driven by the need for objective quantitative performance evaluation within context of use, and is especially useful if monitoring activities can be conducted by in-country project staff. This research explores the insights...

We analyze the effectiveness of the German tax reduction on fuel prices ('Tankrabatt') that was introduced for three months, starting on 1 June 2022. Using the synthetic control method to compare actual prices of gasoline and diesel to those in a counterfactual situation without the tax...

Aufgrund der rapide gestiegenen Treibstoffpreise wird die Debatte zu möglichen Einsparpotenzialen bei Treibstoff wichtiger. So könnten die in der Coronapandemie entwickelten Homeofficepotenziale dazu genutzt werden, um Pendelaufkommen zu reduzieren und so den Treibstoffverbrauch zu verringern....

Several European countries have implemented temporarily fuel tax reductions in 2022 to relieve the financial burden on their citizens. This paper provides estimates of the pass-through rates as well as the effect on retail margins for France, Germany and Italy. Using a unique data set containing...

Large allocations for fuel subsidies have long put the Government of Malaysia’s budget under great strain. Using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, this paper evaluates the impact of fuel subsidy rationalization on sectoral output and employment. Employment is classified into...

This paper examines the efficiency and distributional effects of fuel tax and feebate policies in the automobile market. I employ a model in which households make two-stage decisions on car ownership and utilization, and I estimate model parameters by combining micro-level data from a household...

Fuel poverty in Ireland is a significant issue faced by almost a quarter of the population as per government statistics. In this study, we investigate the trends in fuel poverty in Ireland between 2008 and 2020 using the Irish subset of EU SILC data. We find that the increase in the proportion...

The air transport sector is an integral part of economic growth and development. As the only available means of transporting passengers and goods across the globe within a single day, air transport provides critical connectivity between regions and better access to global markets. The creation...

Fossile Brenn- und Kraftstoffe werden in Deutschland überwiegend importiert. Der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien und Effizienzgewinne, die durch die Energiewende induziert werden, bringen einen verringerten Einsatz dieser fossilen Brenn- und Kraftstoffe mit sich. Ziel ist es, die Einsparungen...

In this study, borax decahydrate as a fuel additive was studied in a diesel single-cylinder engine. Borax decahydrate was dissolved in 500 ml of methanol, 5 gr, 15 g and 25 g, and methanol was added 10% to diesel fuel. To be 90% Diesel + 10% Methanol (D90M10) 90% Diesel 10% Methanol + 1 g Borax...

Birch biochar is investigated as the fuel of a direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) and compared with pine char and commercial activated carbon. Birch biochar, with a high content of alkali and alkaline earth metals and a low graphitization degree, shows the highest reactivity with both O 2 and CO 2...

In this study, ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) was evaluated as a viable carbon support in place of widely used high surface area (HSC or Ketjenblack® EC-300J) and Vulcan supports. The OMC carbon has significant mesoporous (pore diameter from 2-5 nm) volume in an ordered fashion thereby...

The effort to implement more environmental-friendly fuels has been enhanced not only to reduce the greenhouse effect but also for public health issues. This paper studies the effects on pollutant emissions from a light-duty Euro 6 vehicle of four types of fuel: diesel (fossil origin, used as...

Highly porous polyaniline-derived carbons (pDCs) were used as adsorbents to adsorb/remove hazardous organonitrogens (ONs) from liquid fuel for the first time. The nitrogen-rich pDCs were obtained via the carbonization of polyaniline (pANI) under an inert atmosphere. Further, the pDCs were...

The catalytic activity of the peroxophosphomolybdate (nBu4N)3{PO4[MoO(O2)2]4} (PMo4) was optimized for the oxidative desulfurization of a multicomponent model diesel. Its heterogenization in distinct MOFs supporting structures (MIL-101, MOF-808 and ZIF-8) was performed and the catalytic activity...

A large proportion of local pollutants originating from the road transport sector is generated during the so-called cold-start phase of driving, that is, the first few minutes of driving after a car has stood inactive for several hours. Drawing on data from the German Mobility Panel (MOP), this...

It is expected that fuel subsidy removal should hinder carbon emissions growth through low energy consumption channels amid higher energy prices. However, outliers in this theoretical disposition make empirical proof of the fuel subsidy-carbon intensity apt and primitive. Despite established...

Fuel prices are commonly perceived to be excessively high, which regularly triggers political discussions about fuel price regulations. Consumers demand stricter fuel price regulations to provide transparency about the current price level and to protect them from sudden price fluctuations. Such...

The demand for motor fuel should decline when its price rises, but how exactly does that happen? Do people drive less, do they drive more carefully to conserve fuel, or do they do both? To answer these questions, we use data from the German Mobility Panel from 2004 to 2019, taking advantage of...

The transition to sustainable energy requires an assessment of drivers of the use of clean and dirty fuels for cooking. Literature highlights the importance of access to modern fuel for switching from dirty fuels. Though access to cleaner fuels such as electricity promotes clean fuel use, it...

Air pollution is a grave problem in urban areas of developing countries, with the transport sector being one of the largest contributors to emissions. A possibility to reduce carbon dioxide emissions would be for individuals to switch to more fuel-efficient vehicles. However, a gamut of...

We introduce a new microsimulation model built on household transport data to study the distributional effects of carbon-based fuel taxation of private road transport in Germany. Our data includes annual mileage at the car-level, the distinction between fuel types, as well as car-specific fuel...

Oil and its derivatives are very important goods in the world, not only because of their huge use but also because the consequences of that use. The literature has plenty of works with economic analysis of the use of oil. Having available a huge amount of data, we propose an innovative approach:...

This paper investigates the response of consumer price inflation to changes in domestic fuel prices, looking at the different categories of the overall consumer price index (CPI). We then combine household survey data with the CPI components to construct a CPI index for the poorest and richest...

Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international dataset on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes on fuel riots. In line with prior expectations, we find that large domestic...

Die Emissionen des Mobilitätssektors basieren derzeit maßgeblich auf der Nutzung fossiler flüssiger Energieträger . Trotz zunehmender Elektrifizierung, spielen flüssige und gasförmige Kraftstoffe kurz und mittelfristig noch eine bedeutende Rolle und werden voraussichtlich in einigen...

Biogas upgrading to biomethane is a feasible option for greening the European energy sector, and specifically transport. Bio-CNG and bio-LNG fuels are considered a valid solutions for freight, and the European biomethane sector displays an interesting production potential, supported by a growing...