Energy economics

The Alaska Permanent Fund was established by a constitutional amendment in 1976 to invest proceeds from the sale of minerals, especially oil through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, for the benefit of current and future Alaskans. In September 2005, the fund's value was over $31 billion and on November 21, the Permanent Fund cleared the $32 billion mark for the first time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alaska Permanent Fund"

Energy economics is a subfield of economics that focuses on energy relationships as the foundation of all other relationships. It is a subfield of ecological economics in that it assumes that food chains in ecology are directly analogous to energy supply chains in human industries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Energy economics"

A fuel tax (also known as a petrol tax, gasoline tax, gas tax or fuel duty) is a sales tax imposed on the sale of fuel. In the United States, the funds are dedicated or hypothecated to transportation, or even roads, so that the fuel tax is considered by many a user fee. In other countries, the fuel tax is a source of general revenue. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fuel tax"

Life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) is an approach in which all energy inputs to a product are accounted for, not only direct energy inputs during manufacture, but also all energy inputs needed to produce components, materials and services needed for the manufacturing process. Early expression used for the approach is energy analysis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Life cycle energy analysis"

The Permanent University Fund (PUF) is the primary funding by the state of Texas to its universities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Permanent University Fund"

A petroeuro is a petroleum trade valued on the euro as opposed to the US dollar (a petrodollar). Trading of any natural resource, including petroleum, is controlled through trading partnerships involving both exporters and importers of the resource, in a defined marketplace, and through a trade agreement. The major countries holding petroleum reserves since the decline of US production are dominated by OPEC, and hence, OPEC may choose dollars, euros, yen, or any currency providing perceived advantage, politically or economically. As of 2005, OPEC continues to trade in petrodollars, but some OPEC members (such as Iran and Venezuela) have been pushing for a switch to the euro. ...more on Wikipedia about "Petroeuro"

The Petroleum Fund of Norway is a government controlled fund owned by the state of Norway. Also called The Petroleum Fund (oljefondet in Norwegian). ...more on Wikipedia about "The Petroleum Fund of Norway"

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