Economic and Social Analysis of Energy Carriers

• Authors: Lewandowska Anna Kaja
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article is a multiple factor analysis of the economic and social aspects of energy carriers conceived as any substance or phenomenon that can be used to produce mechanical work, heat, or chemical or physical processes.The analysis of the prices of energy carriers is preceded by a detailed presentation of the most important energy carriers for the industry, namely coal, crude oil, natural gas, and uranium. The analysis itself consists of a fundamental analysis, where the following factors are taken into consideration: costs of production, political situation, economic factors, freak whether conditions, ecological factors, social factors and currency markets.The fourth part of the paper is dedicated to technical analysis that seeks for identifying trends of price changing. The main assumptions the method is based on are described here. The article concludes with an analysis of the trends, support and resistance areas, as well as volume.

Keywords

EN

energy carriers; energy prices; coal; crude oil; natural gas; uranium; ecological factors of power generation; social factors of power generation

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 83-98

Dates

published

2015-12-30

Contributors

author

Lewandowska Anna Kaja

• Department of Energy, Systems, Territory, and Construction Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56126 Pisa, Italy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/23920890.1187961