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The effect of energy efficiency on the demand for heat

Creator:: Cleland, Andrew L.
Abstract:: Increased efficiency of household energy-using appliances effectively lowers the price of the services these devices provide. Basic consumer theory predicts that ceteris paribus, these lower prices will increase usage, thus making the effect on total energy demand ambiguous. In the literature, this phenomenon has been called the rebound effect. In...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: largest share of residential energy consumption in the United States, and so is an important part of the

RINs and biofuel mandates : comparing ethanol and biodiesel markets

Creator:: Ainsworth, Joel H.
Abstract:: The United States Congress set out to increase the blending of biofuels by updating and implementing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) in 2007. The new mandate required that a combination of 36 billion gallons of ethanol, biodiesel, and cellulosic biofuel be blended annually, by 2022. To offset the cost of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: adoption across the United States. Though fuel conservation and renewable energy policies have a long

Rethinking the American dream

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service, Simon-Brown, Viviane, Dodrill, Steve, Goetz, Bill, and Baldwin, John
Abstract:: Published October 2001. Declared out of print June 2009. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Video

Crop choice and conservation : implications of increased biofuel demand

Creator:: Sechrist, B.
Abstract:: Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of a change in agricultural prices on land use and conservation. The planted acreage for each of three crops – corn, soybeans, and spring wheat – was regressed on the expected prices of the three crops, the input prices, and past land...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and state levels. The 2005 U.S. Energy Policy Act calls for increased production of biofuels

The relationship among income, labor productivity, property taxes and migration, U.S. agriculture, 1957-70

Creator:: Griffin, Wade L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Economic analysis of potential Camelina oil crop supplies in the Northwest U.S.

Creator:: Stein, Lukas
Abstract:: The demand for biofuels continues to increase due in part to government standards and promotion as well as the ambitious goals set by various companies and industries. Camelina is considered to be an ideal energy crop because of its low input requirements, suitability for marginal soils, and naturally competitiveness with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: consumption in the U.S. came from fossil fuels, 9% from nuclear power, and 9% from renewable energy. The

Our "farm problem"

Creator:: Potter, E. L. (Ermine Lawrence), 1884- and Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Abstract:: Published October 1956. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: agricultural commodities from the United States more difficult. Can consumption be increased? Demand

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Creator:: Bennett, Drew E.
Abstract:: The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the United States are

Contending with risk in the seafood processing industry : a bioeconomic portfolio analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

Creator:: Tuininga, Chris R
Abstract:: Since harvest levels of many of the world's fisheries are not likely to increase in the foreseeable future, resource managers and seafood processors need to develop improved strategies to maximize the utilization and benefits of current catches. In addition to increasing utilization and benefits, seafood processors are subject to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Privacy along the Pacific Coast of the United States in terms of its ecological and commercial

An analysis of the effects of social security taxes on resource allocation in the U.S. farm sector

Creator:: Schotzko, Ralph T.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -household could be represented by a utility function with the arguments, leisure, consumption, and real

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The effect of energy efficiency on the demand for heat

RINs and biofuel mandates : comparing ethanol and biodiesel markets

Rethinking the American dream

Crop choice and conservation : implications of increased biofuel demand

The relationship among income, labor productivity, property taxes and migration, U.S. agriculture, 1957-70

Economic analysis of potential Camelina oil crop supplies in the Northwest U.S.

Our "farm problem"

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Contending with risk in the seafood processing industry : a bioeconomic portfolio analysis of the Pacific whiting fishery

An analysis of the effects of social security taxes on resource allocation in the U.S. farm sector

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