CAN ALTERNATIVE CAR FUELS REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS?

This paper looks at alternative fuels in an Australian context, and, where possible, calculates the costs of emission reductions. Fossil-fuel-based alternatives give either marginal or uncertain reductions. Ethanol from sugar cane, the most promising biomass fuel, has high costs per ton of CO2 reduction, and, when other trace gases are considered, shows no definite improvement over petrol. Electric vehicles, if deployed today in Australia, would exacerbate greenhouse warming. Only if an alternative new energy source such as wind power generated 15 percent or more of total electricity would emission reductions occur compared to equivalent petrol-fuelled cars.

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• Authors:
  • Moriarty, P
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-7
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Fossil fuels; Gasoline; Greenhouse effect; Natural gas; Pollutants
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00663014
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 30 1994 12:00AM