oil subsidy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:44:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Gas Subsidies Gone for UAE https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gas-subsidies-uae/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gas-subsidies-uae/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:44:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55949 Gasoline is only $1.78 a gallon on average in the United Arab Emirates, but soon prices will more closely match global price averages. Oil prices are currently low, to the extent that it is hurting the country’s economy and the Energy Ministry decided to end gas subsidies. The decision was made despite the fact that […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gas-subsidies-uae/feed/ 0 55949 Solar Power Doesn’t Get Subsidized More Than Coal, Study Reports https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-coal-subsidy-20120502/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-coal-subsidy-20120502/#respond Wed, 02 May 2012 19:36:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24262 Complaints that renewable solar energy has received special incentives advanced by the U.S. government different from its support for traditional energy sources may be unfounded, reports Reuters. The said report was derived from a solar-industry backed report. This was a published assessment by researching scientists from the University of Tennessee’s Baker Center for Public Policy […]

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