Does the Shale Gas Revolution Mean the End of Biofuels?

• Název práce v češtině: Znamená rozvoj těžby břidlicových plynů konec biopaliv?
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Does the Shale Gas Revolution Mean the End of Biofuels?
• Klíčová slova: bio paliva, břidlicový plyn, zemní plyn, pohonné hmoty, emise uhlíku
• Klíčová slova anglicky: biofuels, shale gas, natural gas, fuels, carbon emissions
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2013/2014
• Typ práce: bakalářská práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Institut ekonomických studií (23-IES)
• Vedoucí / školitel: prof. Ing. Karel Janda, Dr., Ph.D., M.A.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 29.05.2014
• Datum zadání: 29.05.2014
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 17.06.2015 08:00
• Místo konání obhajoby: IES
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 15.05.2015
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 17.06.2015
• Oponenti: PhDr. Petra Luňáčková

Předběžná náplň práce

Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce

Topic characteristics
Production of natural gas is experiencing its renaissance. The boom of shale gas in past recent years has pushed down prices of natural gas especially in the USA. Not only the USA is experiencing boom of shale gas production, but also many different countries all over the world like China, Russia, and Argentina are discovering their resources of shale gas. There has been a significant growth in a field of biofuels, at the same time. Production of bioethanol and biodiesel growing, while crops which serves as a feedstock for them are competing with food crops for agricultural land.

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse whether the growth of a production of biofuels is sustainable, while there is a supply of a cheap natural gas, which can serve for a transportation use with low carbon emissions as well. First, I am going to cover background of biofuels and shale gas, their production and policy development in particular country, probably the USA or EU. Secondly, I am going to discuss ways how natural gas can substitute biofuels and if natural gas has potential to replace them in near future. The document is planned to use econometric analysis.


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