<![CDATA[Current Alternative Energy (Volume 5 - Issue 1)]]> https://benthamscience.com/journal/165 RSS Feed for Journals | BenthamScience EurekaSelect (+https://benthamscience.com) 2022-12-16 <![CDATA[Current Alternative Energy (Volume 5 - Issue 1)]]> https://benthamscience.com/journal/165 <![CDATA[Meet the Editorial Board Member]]>https://benthamscience.com/article/1282892022-12-16 <![CDATA[An Investigation of the Oil and Gas Geopolitical Situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region]]>https://benthamscience.com/article/1133172022-12-16One of the main global energy struggles in recent years has been in the Eastern Mediterranean. In cooperation with Egypt and Israel, Greece and the Greek Cypriot government (GCA) are implementing a containment strategy against Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Turkey’s response to this plan was an exclusive agreement with Libya. Turkey and Libya have signed a memorandum of national reconciliation on limiting the new continental shelf’s maritime jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean - the only borders of the shared economic zone. Greece could act with other countries, and it is said that Turkey’s competence will be ratified in the face of agreements that may restrict movement. The United States and the European Union (EU) also sought to share gas with European countries against Turkey, Israel, and the GCA. This article focuses on Libya’s ongoing competition, given Libya’s oil geopolitics and challenges in the eastern Mediterranean region. This paper briefly investigates the energy geopolitics in the eastern Mediterranean and North African regions; this paper aims to conclude the diverse opinions led by various interests and points of view and suggests a solution for the ever-growing tensions in this region.

• Introduction

• Literature Review

• Geopolitics of Region

• Discussion

• Conclusion

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<![CDATA[An Investigation on the Impacts of Fuel Carrier Price on the Consumer Price Inflation in Iran]]>https://benthamscience.com/article/1154932022-12-16Introduction: Oil is one of the primary commodities of all countries globally and is, in essence, the energy base of all that we know as transportation. Therefore, price fluctuations of derivatives, especially fuel and oil derivatives, are the policymakers’ main concerns because they can cause serious problems, such as inflation in commodity prices.

Objective: The impact of fuel carriers’ prices on the consumer price index remains a subject of debate and research. This paper aims to develop a model to define the inflation regime in Iran and then investigate the impact of gasoline and diesel price on the total inflation rate.

Methods: In this study, using the central bank time series and available data on energy balance and World Bank data banks, a non-linear distributed online delay regression model is developed to analyze the relationship between fuel price and essential commodity inflation.

Results: The results show that there is an impact of gasoline prices on inflation. It does not have much effect in the long term, but diesel can somewhat influence raising prices, which can exacerbate poverty in the community that needs special attention.

Conclusion: It was also found that increase in diesel’s price is harmful to the economy because it can stimulate inflation in the long term. However, in the short term, diesel does not cause any significant inflation in the prices. While gasoline prices can have many short-term social effects, this paper suggests that the Iranian government's control of diesel fuel prices prevents long-term inflation and inflation in consumer price rate.

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<![CDATA[Situational and Trans-Situational Correlates of Public Energy Literacy: A Western U.S. Case Study]]>https://benthamscience.com/article/1214712022-12-16Background: Recent push for ‘energy democracy’ necessitates a well-informed citizenry vis-à-vis energy policy, especially in the wake of ideologically charged and divergent views about the existence and severity of climate change among American citizens. Citizens’ involvement in energy policy processes in democratic countries makes it important to assess the depth and scope of energy policy awareness and knowledge among the public, as well as to consider the factors that promote or hinder how informed people are about energy policy issues.

Objectives: This study aims at examining the levels of public informedness and knowledge of energy policy and analyzing their potential correlates in the western U.S. states of California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The study also analyzes the impact of public awareness and knowledge on public support for government funding for renewable energy technology research.

Methods: Using survey data of 1804 randomly selected respondents from California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, the study employs ordinal logistic regression to trans-situational and situational models predicting self-assessed informedness and objective measure of knowledge about energy policy as well as public support for federal funding for renewable energy technology research.

Results: The study found that variables related to socio-economic status (SES) are stronger predictors of public informedness and knowledge about energy policy than situational variables like values and efficacy, except for climate change beliefs that have a positive relationship with informedness and knowledge.

Conclusion: The study also found that informedness and knowledge of energy policy are positively associated with support for government funding for renewable energy research.

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<![CDATA[Performance Metrics to Compare Various CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction Processes]]>https://benthamscience.com/article/1248742022-12-162 in the atmosphere, large research efforts have been placed on the development of suitable carbon capture and utilization technology. The transformation of CO2 into value-added chemicals is one of the most promising routes for carbon utilization and can be accomplished by thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical methods. The advancement of this technology towards a commercial solution requires a synergistic approach, wherein members of the research community are continuously evaluating the comparative performance of each method and adapting their research directions in response. As a result, the establishment of a universal metric for reporting the performance of thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, electrochemical, and photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction processes is critical. This work summarizes the advantages and disadvantages associated with each CO2 reduction method and identifies their most frequently used performance metrics. Subsequently, a new performance metric, which applies to all CO2 reduction technologies, is introduced and defined as the moles formed of the desired product per hour per accessible surface area of catalyst. Although limitations with ease of measurement exist, this work aims to demonstrate how the adoption of a universal performance metric could help to unite the research community towards a common goal and improve its efficiency in finding a solution to the global energy crisis.]]>