Energy R&amp;D expenditure, bioethanol consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States: Non-linear analysis and political implications

Koçak, Emrah; Alnour, Mohammed

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133887

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“…The carbon emitted during the burning of biofuel is usually captured through the process called photosynthesis. This process projects biofuel as an effective tool for reducing CO 2 emissions surge (Kocak & Alnour, 2022; Yoo et al, 2022). The preceding nexus projects an inverse nexus between biofuel and CO 2 emissions as follows

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Exploring the roles of natural resources on sustainability blueprint in G7 countries amidst green energy, technological innovation, and carbon‐tax intervention

Dong

Ibrahim

Öztürk

et al. 2023

Natural Resources Forum

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Today's global economy faces the most devastating challenges of global warming occasioned by overdependence on natural resources. Besides, the dilemma of choosing between economic benefits and environmental costs emanating from natural resources heightens the empirical relevance of green energy in recent times. To solve this developmental puzzle, the current study presents extends the knowledge frontier by evaluating the impacts of natural resource dependence, green energy (captured by biofuels and renewable energy), carbon tax, and technological innovation on environmental sustainability in G7 economies. The empirical model endogenizes environmental policy stringency and financial development from 1996 to 2019. The empirical verification anchors on second‐generation estimators entailing Cross‐Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS‐ARDL), Common Correlated Effects Mean Group (CCEMG), augmented mean group (AMG), and novel Method of Moment Quantile Regression (MMQR). The fallouts from the analyses uncover that natural resource dependence militates against the attainment of the sustainability blueprint by escalating the surge in CO2 emissions in G7 countries. Similarly, the feedbacks from financial development support the surge in emissions. On the flip side, green energy, technological innovation, carbon tax, and environmental policy appear as effective tools for mitigating the surge. The Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (FMOLS) estimator for the country‐specific analysis corroborates the panel findings. Additionally, two channels of causalities, including unidirectional and bidirectional nexuses, are apparent from the estimated model. Policy measures are suggested based on empirical findings.

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\frac{δCO 2 e}{bold-italicδBIO} < 0

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confidence: 99%

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Exploring the roles of natural resources on sustainability blueprint in G7 countries amidst green energy, technological innovation, and carbon‐tax intervention

Dong

Ibrahim

Öztürk

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Natural Resources Forum

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“…Jiang et al ( 2023 ) shows that from 1989 to 2021, investments directed towards research and development in environmental preservation and sustainable energy have significantly contributed to reducing carbon emissions in advanced economies. Moreover, a recent study in the USA (Kocak & Alnour 2022 ) examined a comparable association utilizing nonlinear estimation techniques. By employing the NARDL model and analyzing data from 1981 to 2020, the researchers emphasized the favorable effects of research and development (R&D) spending on upholding environmental sustainability in the USA.…”

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Analyzing the nexus between environmental sustainability and clean energy for the USA

Dogan,

Mohammed,

Khan

et al. 2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Environmental sustainability is a key target to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). However, achieving these targets needs tools to pave the way for achieving SDGs and COP28 targets. Therefore, the primary objective of the present study is to examine the significance of clean energy, research and development spending, technological innovation, income, and human capital in achieving environmental sustainability in the USA from 1990 to 2022. The study employed time series econometric methods to estimate the empirical results. The study confirmed the long-run cointegrating relationship among CO2 emissions, human capital, income, R&D, technological innovation, and clean energy. The results are statistically significant in the short run except for R&D expenditures. In the long run, the study found that income and human capital contribute to further aggravating the environment via increasing CO2 emissions. However, R&D expenditures, technological innovation, and clean energy help to promote environmental sustainability by limiting carbon emissions. The study recommends investment in technological innovation, clean energy, and increasing R&D expenditures to achieve environmental sustainability in the USA.

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“…plays an important part in a growing economy, as evidenced by its share of total energy consumption, as measured by gross national product per capita, as well as its presence in the manufacturing and commercial sectors (Koondhar et al, 2021;Pakrooh et al, 2021). By expanding and improving its spending on sustainable development, the country can lessen its carbon footprint and make its infrastructure more resilient to climate change (Kocak and Alnour, 2022).…”

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Comparing the effects of agricultural intensification on CO2 emissions and energy consumption in developing and developed countries

Khan

Alabsi

Muda

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Energy consumption has become a requirement in the modern world, and without it, the economies of developing nations cannot prosper. Consistent economic growth is a challenge for countries of all economic levels, not just the less developed ones. We test the EKC hypothesis by analyzing the relationships between GDP growth, energy consumption, agricultural output, and the consequences of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. From 1991 to 2016, we used panel and quantile regression analysis to compare emissions in nine developing countries with those in 13 developed countries. There is the beginning of a reverse U-shaped relationship between agricultural energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, the verified EKC hypothesis paves the way for a watershed moment in the progress of industrialized nations’ economies. As an added bonus, agricultural results have a positive impact on CO2 emissions from using liquid fuels. It has a negative impact on CO2 emissions by 19.12% and causes a 4.802 percent increase in environmental degradation. Feed cropping, deforestation, biomass burning, and deep soil and cropping also have negative effects on the environment, especially in developing countries. There is a negative correlation between CO2 emissions and economic growth in developing countries and their energy consumption. Although the EKC hypothesis for CO2 emissions was rejected at lower quantiles, it was validated for Qatar, Canada, China, and other high-emitting economies according to the empirical estimation of quantile regression. The findings of this study have important policy implications for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, suggesting that policymakers account for the stage of economic growth currently being experienced when formulating measures to cut energy use and protect the environment. In particular, policies aimed at reducing energy consumption could.

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Energy R&D expenditure, bioethanol consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States: Non-linear analysis and political implications

Cited by 36 publications

References 94 publications

Exploring the roles of natural resources on sustainability blueprint in G7 countries amidst green energy, technological innovation, and carbon‐tax intervention

Exploring the roles of natural resources on sustainability blueprint in G7 countries amidst green energy, technological innovation, and carbon‐tax intervention

Analyzing the nexus between environmental sustainability and clean energy for the USA

Comparing the effects of agricultural intensification on CO2 emissions and energy consumption in developing and developed countries

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