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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Prohibitive cost of fuel

Prohibitive cost of fuel

  • Prohibitive cost of fuel for transportation
  • Prohibitive cost of fuel for electrical power generation
  • Prohibitive cost of cooking fuel

Broader

Excessive costs
Unpresentable
Prohibitive costs of farming
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Shortage of firewood
Presentable
Increase in product transport distances
Presentable
Prohibitive cost of electricity
Unpresentable
Irregular transport services
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Restricted delivery of essential services to rural communities
Presentable
Overpriced commodities
Unpresentable
Economically inefficient regulations
Yet to rate

Reduced by

Shipping industry resistance to double-hulled oil tankers
Unpresentable

Related

Underdeveloped potential of community basic resources
Presentable
Physically inaccessible services
Presentable

Strategy

Developing transport infrastructures
Presentable

Value

Prohibition
Yet to rate
Power
Yet to rate
Costliness
Yet to rate

Reference

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Substitute Fuels for Road Transport: a technology assessment

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Amenities » Catering
  • Commerce » Purchasing, supplying
  • Resources » Energy
  • Technology » Electricity
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Transportation
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J0346
    DOCID
    12003460
    D7NID
    141305
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020