Oil Crisis When thinking about the 1970s‚ many words such as hippy‚ lava lamps‚ and tie-dye come to mind. However‚ there was much more going on during this decade than that. The 1970s‚ for those who lived in it remember having to wait in long lines at gas stations due to gas shortages. This became known as the oil crisis‚ which occurred in 1973 and 1979. Both of these crises caused a recession. As this comes with any recession‚ households and firms became uncertain about the future and weary of
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Impact of Fuel Price Deregulation in India Introduction Empowered group of Ministers on Friday‚ 25th June 2010‚ took a decision to decontrol the petrol prices increasing it by 3.50 per litre & that of kerosene by Rs 3 a litre. While petrol is mainly used by the middle class for cars‚ kerosene is used by the poor for power. Diesel prices rose by Rs 2 per litre and might be freed up in the future. Cooking gas prices were raised by Rs 35 a cylinder. Govt. has indeed taken a bold step by deciding
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1 (iv) Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil By Blake Turner – Year 11 Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil Introduction Crude oil is the term for "unprocessed" oil‚ the stuff that comes out of the ground. It is also known as petroleum. Crude oil is a fossil fuel‚ meaning that it was made naturally from decaying plants and animals living in ancient seas millions of years ago -- most places you can find crude oil were once sea beds. Crude oils vary in colour‚ from clear to tar-black‚ and
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For thirty years Americans have watched as our Presidents have debated over the foreign oil dilemma. Throughout those thirty years little has been accomplished. Research has been done and we have finally gotten the hybrid car on the market‚ but the use of foreign oil is still a drastic measure and keeps rising each year. There are many options America could use to end this war on oil. Some of them include the use of ethanol‚ hybrid cars‚ and nuclear power plants. We do use some of these‚ but perhaps
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Oil refining in China Ed chen‚ a strategic planner at a international oil and gas firm was assigned with the task to look for investment opportunities in the china’s refining industry and also to see whether there was any room for foreign competition or if was a local-only-game. Downstream constraints have always been a major factor which will ease neither quickly nor cheaply”. “ Crude oil prices have continued to increase in the period 2001-2005 and according to the” Medium term oil market
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Isolation of Essential Oils by Steam Distillation Procedure Part A Apparatus 1.) Using a 20- or 25-mL round-bottom flask (for distillation) and a 10-mL round-bottom flask (for collection) assemble a distillation apparatus 2.) Use an aluminum block to heat and insert a water condenser 3.) The collection flask may be immersed in ice to ensure condensation of the distillate Preparing the Spice 1.) Weigh approximately 1.0 g of your spice or herb onto a piece of weighing paper and record the exact
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Greenwashing It is now popular to be environmentally conscious in American society. It is completely acknowledged by the populace that oil will‚ indeed‚ run out within a lifetime‚ leaving a demand for a different kind of energy source. Hybrid cars‚ such as the Prius are now mainstream‚ recycling is day-to-day‚ finding organic fruits‚ vegetables‚ and meat is as easy as walking to the nearest grocery store‚ and using plastic bags has been deemed unacceptable. Global warming‚ while debated and questioned
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cannot do away with subsidy. But reducing the subsidy and only giving it those needy is a must in times of global crisis. The current account of India depends on the amount of subsidy is provides for various products such as fuel‚ Electricity and others. And among them fuel subsidy such as on diesel‚ petrol and kerosene take a bulk of India expenditure. Our study plan to find ways of reducing subsidy by introducing Petro card‚ National ethanol Blending policy and linking Aadhar card to income of
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Pakistan: Conversion of Vehicle Fuel from CNG to HCNG & its Environmental Effects/Benefits’ Qandeel Fatima Gillani *‚ Farrukh Jamil**‚ Waqar-un-Nisa***‚Dr. Moinuddin Ghauri**** Department of Chemical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore‚ Punjab‚ Pakistan Abstract- The land of Pakistan is highly enriched with treasure of natural gas reservoirs due to that compressed natural gas CNG is abundantly used all over the Pakistan as a vehicle fuel. Natural gas can be blended with
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A fuel cell is a device that transfers the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction of positively charged hydrogen ions with oxygen or another oxidizing agent [1]. Fuel cells can produce electricity continuously until these inputs are supplied. The first fuel cells were invented in 1838. Since then‚ fuel cells have been used in many other applications. Fuel cells are used for primary and backup power for industrial‚ commercial and residential buildings and in inaccessible
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