Simon Snowden

TL;DR: The assessment of future global oil production presented in the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2008 (WEO 2008) is divided in to 6 fractions; four relate to crude oil, one to non-conventional oil, and t....

TL;DR: This is an assessment of the technology acceptance model (TAM) through action research, a practical implementation based upon understandings developed in the TAM, useful for those looking at the practical implementation of mobile technologies in an operations environment.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the challenges that China faces in the implementation of such clean coal technologies, where the analysis showed that those drivers that have a negative bearing on the utilization of clean coal in China are mainly non-technical factors such as the low legal liability of atmospheric pollution related to coal use, and the lack of laws and mandatory regulations for clean coal use in China.

TL;DR: A number of curve models have been developed to describe and predict such behaviours as discussed by the authors, and a variety of growth curve models and the theoretical frameworks that lay behind them can be used as forecasting tools.

TL;DR: This article showed that the availability of domestic gas resources are overestimated by China's authorities due to differences in classification and definitions of gas resources/reserves between China and those accepted internationally, and this situation will therefore present a severe challenge to China's gas security, achievement of targets in improving energy consumption structure and reducing carbon emissions.