Fossil Fuels
This research category includes both the “business as usual” reference case, where petroleum-based fuels continue to dominate transportation energy, and the evolution of fuels produced from other fossil fuel resources, including tar sands, oil shale, and coal with carbon sequestration. Expanded use of diesel fuel is also studied. Policies and business strategies are investigated with respect to fossil fuel research strategy, economic impacts, environmental impacts, and corporate strategic behavior.
Research Leader: Cynthia Lin
Graduate Student Researchers: Abbas Ghandi, Jonathan Hughes, Wayne Leighty, Davis McCollum, Michael Nicholas
Collaborating Researchers: Mark Delucchi, Guihua Wang
Recent Publications
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Lin, C.-Y. Cynthia (2007) California’s Gasoline Tax. Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements 1 (7), 5 - 8
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Hughes, Jonathan E., Christopher R. Knittel, Daniel Sperling (2008) Evidence of a Shift in the Short-Run Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand. Energy Journal 29 (1), 113 - 134
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McCollum, David L. (2007) Future Impacts of Coal Distribution Constraints on Coal Cost. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-07-26
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Lin, C.-Y. Cynthia (2008) Estimating and Testing a Dynamic Model of OPEC and non-OPEC. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-07-28
Major Project Areas
- Consumer Demand and Behavior (K. Kurani)
- Projects Under Development
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- Integrative Scenarios (S. Yeh)
- Projects Under Development
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- Infrastructure System Analysis (C. Yang, Y. Fan)
- Real World Fuel Purchase Patterns - Michael Nicholas
- Future impacts of Coal Distribution Constraints on
Coal Cost - Davis McCollum
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- Vehicle Technology Evaluation (A. Burke)
- Projects Under Development
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- Energy, Environment, and Cost Analysis (M. Delucchi)
- Air Quality Contributions of Gasoline Fleet Operations
- Guihua Wang - Unconventional Oil in the LEM - Mark Delucchi
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- Policy and Business Strategy (C. Knittel)
- Gasoline Demand Elasticity - Jon Hughes
- Modeling of Dynamic Production and
Investment Decisions in Energy Markets:
Alaska Oil - Wayne Leighty - Modeling of Optimal Oil Production and
Comparing with Actual and Contractual Oil
Production: Iran Case - Abbas Ghandi - Elasticity of Substitution Between Capital
and Energy Markets - Abbas Ghandi - OPEC and Non-OPEC Behavior - Cynthia Lin
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Relevant Posters and Presentations
Related Research and Organizations
Donald Gautier, USGS geologist, presents on petroleum in the arctic