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Energy and Environment in Saudi Arabia: Concerns & Opportunities
Taher, Nahed; Al-Hajjar, Bandar
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Description for Energy and Environment in Saudi Arabia: Concerns & Opportunities
Paperback. This book examines the energy and environmental challenges facing Saudi Arabia, and explores options for turning them into investment opportunities that could create jobs, boost income, develop clean energy technology and promote environmental sustainability. Num Pages: 234 pages, 76 black & white illustrations, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCP; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
The vast oil resources in Saudi Arabia have for decades encouraged a generous system of oil subsidies, making the Kingdom one of the leading countries in the world with the cheapest domestic price of oil. Such subsidies have, however, encouraged inefficient utilization of oil, which is largely consumed in the power, water and transportation sectors, contributing substantially to CO2 emission in the country. These problems are exacerbated by demographic dynamics, urbanization, changes in income and consumption patterns, and industrialization. On current trends of domestic consumption patterns, Saudi Arabia will consume the whole of the oil it will produce by 2030, ... Read more
The vast oil resources in Saudi Arabia have for decades encouraged a generous system of oil subsidies, making the Kingdom one of the leading countries in the world with the cheapest domestic price of oil. Such subsidies have, however, encouraged inefficient utilization of oil, which is largely consumed in the power, water and transportation sectors, contributing substantially to CO2 emission in the country. These problems are exacerbated by demographic dynamics, urbanization, changes in income and consumption patterns, and industrialization. On current trends of domestic consumption patterns, Saudi Arabia will consume the whole of the oil it will produce by 2030, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319351995
SKU
V9783319351995
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99-15
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