Could you please clarify the theories related to energy and environmental pollution, I have to build arguments on the relationship between coal, oil, gas, and pollution.
1- Energy cost theory?
2- Energy LED theory?
3- EKC theory?
4- any other (please specify)?
Environmental and energy economics have a long history. Resources and pollution have been subjects of economic research at least since the 19th century .The Industrial Revolution boosted the reflections on energy sources, particularly fossil fuels .
Check the following interesting books:
Banks, Ferdinand E. Energy Economics: A Modern Introduction: A Modern Introduction. Springer Science & Business Media, 2000.
Peter Zweifel, Peter Zweifel, Aaron Praktiknjo Aaron Praktiknjo, and Georg Erdmann Georg Erdmann. Energy economics: theory and applications. Springer, 2017.
Other theories of energy and environmental pollution can "bridge" energy production and environmental and ecosystems conservation, like that of:
a) renewable energy sources (RES) for energy production, like cultivation of energy crops towards biofuels production. Here, the decision and social planning of land use (being a definite asset), they are prominent.
b) circular economy (CE), referring to energy savings from reusing degraded materials for a second round of use while alleviating/preventing natural resources depletion.
c) linking ecosystem service valuation (ESV) with circular economy valuation (CEV).
Please, I just want to ask if you or anyone can share with me some theories on energy and environmental pollution. I need them urgently.
There are no such specific theories on energy and environmental pollution. But there are some hypotheses, which might be useful. The majority of these hypotheses are drawn from the classical Growth theories or Theories of Development.
So, if you are looking for hypotheses, there are plenty. But if you are looking for theories, there are hardly any in economics. Perhaps you can find some theories in the Energy and Environmental Science domain, which are specific to Energy designs.
EKC Hypothesis
Resource Curse Hypothesis
Neutrality/Growth/Conservation/Feedback Hypothesis
Energy Ladder Hypothesis
Porter hypothesis
Pollution Haven/Halo Hypothesis
Biodiversity Hypothesis
... these are some indicative ones. Once you start reading about them, you can find more
In addition to what have been mentioned there are:
- Energy ladder hypothesis.
- Green Paradox hypothesis.
- Rebound effect hypothesis.
- Pollution Haven hypothesis.
- Pollution Halo hypothesis.
- Ecological modernization theory.
Many thanks, prof Alnour. I attended a PhD seminar, and someone raised a complain that hypothesis is not the same as theory. As such, they can not be used in place of theory. @prof Sinha @profAlnour
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There are several economic theories related to energy and environmental pollution, including:
The baseline theory is EKC hypothesis even though there is no energy mentioned in the work by Grossman and Krueger. However, If you need anything that confirm the energy-environment relation without economic development, there are some papers which investigate only energy impact on environmental degradation excluding economic factor. My recently published paper is also one of them. It was very difficult for me to find justification for energy-environment nexus excluding economic development. I could find only few papers and they stressed only one type of energy. I think my paper would be useful for you where only renewable and non-renewable energy impact on CO2 is investigated, no other variables. See below:
Apergis, N., Kuziboev, B., Abdullaev, I. et al. Investigating the association among CO2 emissions, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in Uzbekistan: an ARDL approach. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 39666–39679 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-25023-z
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