Transportation energy futures : underexplored topics in vehicle technologies and alternative fuel use / Stewart Fischer, Tina Karahalios, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer, Stewart, editor.

Karahalios, Tina, editor.

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy Science, Engineering and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Environmental aspects.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Transportation Energy Futures Study examines technological, fuel substitution, and policy options for reducing transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and petroleum use. Since all transportation modes use fuels that contain carbon, and the production of these fuels, requires processes that emit GHG, a literature review of the potential for improvement in the energy efficiency of transportation modes was undertaken. The transportation sector consists of light-duty vehicles (LDVs)(such as cars and light trucks), heavy-duty vehicles (such as medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses), aircraft, marine vessels, pipelines, and trains. The LDVs make up a majority of the energy consumption within the transportation sector - almost 60% in 2009, the latest year for which data by mode, sub-mode, and fuel type were available. This book focuses on the other 40%, which are termed non-LDV. Based on a comprehensive literature review, this book explores the potential for improvement in non-LDV energy efficiency.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 6, 2015).

ISBN:

1-62808-583-5