AUTOMOBILES AND THE "GREENHOUSE" EFFECT

This paper looks at the issue of global warming resulting from automobiles in Canada and compares various alternative transportation fuels in terms of their emissions of greenhouse gases and global warming potential. Significant reductions in emissions can be attained through energy conservation, improved fuel economy, and the use of certain alternative fuels.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Transportation, Incorporated

  1410 Duke University Road
  Durham, NC  United States  27705
• Authors:
  • PRAKASH, C B
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 261-275
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Automobiles; Energy conservation; Fuel conservation; Greenhouse effect; Pollutants
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00609961
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM