United Arab Emirates 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 Arab Oil Company Acquires 4% of Tesla Motors https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aabar-investments-tesla-motors-20090714/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aabar-investments-tesla-motors-20090714/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:54:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4048 I don't want to cross the decent border of believing in a conspiracy theory, but when the oil business is threatened these days, it's normal that oil magnates wouldn't sit back and watch electric cars and alternative energy providers take their piece of meat from right in front of them.

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