fuel switching
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffuelandswitch
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fuel
noun
uk/ˈfjuː.əl/us/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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switch
noun
uk/swɪtʃ/us/swɪtʃ/
a small device, usually pushed up or down with your finger, that controls and turns on or off an ...
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(Definition offuelandswitchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This model places heavy emphasis on income in explaining fuel choice and tends to focus onfuelswitching.
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Many residents in cities rely on purchased wood that is sufficiently costly as to provide a financial incentive for stove adoption orfuelswitching.
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Education is a strong determinant offuelswitching.
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Efforts to promote safe and efficient household energy are needed, but such efforts should not rely exclusively onfuelswitching.
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As new carbon reduction options (such as process changes, pollution prevention,fuelswitching) materialize, tradable permits provide an incentive to make all cost-justified switches.
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Education and electrification appear to be instrumental forfuelswitching.
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Expenditures are insignificant forfuelswitchingin rural areas.
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In urban areas rising household expenditures often - but far from universally - inducesfuelswitching, particular in the upper half.
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Having electricity is found to be associated withfuelswitching.
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The price of wood is statistically insignificant forfuelswitching.
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The energy ladder model envisions a three-stagefuelswitchingprocess.
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The energy ladder hypothesis, which has traditionally been used to describe householdfuelswitching strategies, prescribes income to be the sole factor.
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Such interventions have in the past been guided by the energy ladder model, which predicts householdfuelswitchingin response to rising incomes.
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For successful adoption and continued use, it is necessary to underpin household fuel and energy strategies with a good understanding of the mechanisms affecting household fuel use andfuelswitching.
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It therefore constitutes an attractive data source for studyingfuelswitchingversus fuel stacking.
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In addition, much of the recent literature bears out thatfuelswitchingis often not complete and is, in fact, a gradual process with many households often using multiple fuels.
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Hence, the electrification results here confirm the existence of a correlation between electricity andfuelswitching, although the results are unable to distinguish between causation and association.
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These carbon projects are typically large in scale and include reforestation,fuelswitchingand biogas projects.
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