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| Abstract: | The recent high prices for oil and natural gas have been particularly hard on industries with no easily available substitute. Airlines, for instance, still need aviation fuel made from petroleum, chemical companies need fossil fuels for plastics, and truckers can't make their runs without diesel fuel. Many companies in these industries have been hard-hit and face endangered ratings, squeezed profits, or the task of trying to pass along the higher costs to their customers--sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Still, other industries are trying to switch to alternative technologies or energy sources. In theory, based on past estimates of the point at which the higher-cost alternative fuels become competitive with traditional ones, the recent rapid increase in oil and natural gas prices
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| Brief Excerpt: | RESEARCH Ratings Definitions Automakers And Utilities Are Finding Alternative Energy More Attractive--But Not So Accessible Publication date: 02-Jul-2008 Primary Credit Analysts: Robert Schulz, CFA, New York (1) 212-438-7808; robert_schulz@standardandpo...
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| Report Type: | Commentary
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| Sector: | Global Issuers, Structured Finance
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S&P Credit Research provides analysis on issuers and debt obligations of corporations, states and municipalities, financial institutions, insurance companies and sovereign governments. S&P also offers insight into the credit risk of structured finance deals, providing an independent view of credit risk associated with a growing array of debt-securitized instruments.
