The greenhouse gas effects of increased US oil and gas production

Raimi, Daniel

doi:10.1007/s41825-020-00022-1

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“…Because the research was funded with natural gas research money, we focused on singlefamily households with natural gas as the backup water-heating source, which is also by far the most common in California. 1 Of the 4002 households meeting these criteria, 1922 were recruited to participate in the survey, using a stratified sampling approach to increase the representation of different utility territories, installing contractors, and the Low-Income CSI-T Program.…”

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Residential solar water heating: California adopters and their experiences

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Solar water heating provides domestic hot water with lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to more typical natural-gas water heating. Solar water heating has a long history, particularly in places where the climate is favorable, such as California where state-backed incentive programs have been successful in creating small bursts of adoption. However, widespread adoption of solar water heating has not occurred in California despite these conditions. This research surveyed 227 single-family households with solar water heating across the state of California to understand their motivations and experiences, and draw implications regarding barriers to adoption. The survey explored households' experiences across five stages of adoption, as outlined in Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation theory: Knowledge, Persuasion, Decision, Implementation, and Confirmation. Findings revealed challenges at each stage. Most notably, prevalent disappointment in lower-than-expected energy and bill savings (31%) and high rates of technical problems (41%) appear to be the most significant issues.

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“…Climate experts report that natural gas dependency contributes to the rise in planet-warming carbon emissions [1]. Natural gas accounts for roughly 19% of the US residential sector's total energy consumption most of which is used for space and water heating [2].…”

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“…27 For elasticities of demand, we assume that under the high oil price case, elasticity of demand is -0.2, consistent with other studies, and noting high uncertainty. [28][29][30] For the low oil price case, we assume a somewhat higher elasticity of demand, -0.3, under the assumption that it is lower-than-expected demand that could enable this low oil price case (e.g., due to faster-than-expected penetration of electric vehicles) and that the resulting greater consumer choice among fuels would result in a higher elasticity of demand, albeit one that is still conservative, as even higher values of -0.5 are common. 30 Elasticities of oil demand with respect to price of -0.2 to -0.3 are within the ranges for all five models reported in Supplementary Table 2 of Jewell et al, and are therefore considered here to be representative of the types of oil demand responses that those models would yield.…”

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Why fossil fuel producer subsidies matter

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Nature

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Around the globe, governments have pledged to remove support for coal, oil, and gas,, noting that such fossil fuel subsidies "undermine efforts to deal with climate change" by keeping greenhouse gas emissions higher than they otherwise would be. 1 Jewell et al. used results of integrated assessment models to infer that eliminating subsidies would yield "limited emissions reductions … except in energyexporting regions," and described the emission reduction benefits as "small." 2 This characterization is potentially misleading, and we use a simple, sector-specific model to show how the emission reductions from producer subsidy reform could be more material than Jewell et al. suggest. 3 Fossil fuel producer subsidies delay a low-carbon transition in ways both material and political, and they deserve greater attention and transparency in global modeling analyses, as well as in policy-making.

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“…China and India continue to rely on burning coal, which is cheaper than natural gas. Finally, as natural gas prices continue to fall, it might outcompete cleaner and renewable energy sources (Raimi ; Grigas : 53–54; Rao ; Gellert and Ciccantell ; Gilbert and Sovacool , ).…”

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Liquefied Natural Gas: Redefining Nature, Restructuring Geopolitics, Returning to the Periphery?

Ciccantell¹

2020

American J Econ Sociol

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The liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry began as a means of making use of natural gas resources in socially remote regions and of natural gas associated with oil production. Natural gas was transformed from a waste product into LNG that could be moved thousands of miles to market, redefining “waste” as a valuable raw material. As the newest large‐scale LNG exporter, the United States entered the LNG industry based on another redefinition of nature: the extraction of natural gas previously economically and technologically inaccessible in shale formations. Hydraulic fracturing and new drilling technologies have created reserves of natural gas that are driving down prices with excess production and provoking a search for new markets via LNG exports. Liquefied natural gas is reshaping economies, communities, industries, and ecosystems in the United States and in other parts of the world. This article analyzes the role of the LNG industry with a particular focus on the economic and geopolitical consequences for the United States. The United States is returning to its historical role of energy exporter. Some view the return to this role as an economic and geopolitical boon that will enhance the U.S. economy and the nation’s global standing. A contrasting interpretation sees the United States sliding into the extractive periphery, serving the energy demands of a growing China, much like the United States once did for Europe and especially Great Britain. This view condemns what it views as the exploitation of U.S. natural resources to meet China’s energy needs while leaving large areas of the United States with depleted resources, damaged ecosystems, and disrupted communities.

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The greenhouse gas effects of increased US oil and gas production

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

Residential solar water heating: California adopters and their experiences

Residential solar water heating: California adopters and their experiences

Why fossil fuel producer subsidies matter

Liquefied Natural Gas: Redefining Nature, Restructuring Geopolitics, Returning to the Periphery?

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