Sustainable Transport Visions: What Role for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle Technologies

This article brings together two topics that are usually debated separately: the transition to hydrogen economy and one on sustainable transportation. The authors draw on expert stakeholder evidence (from the recent European Union Framework Six MATISSE project) and the wider literature to outline criteria for sustainable transport and to determine the extent to which hydrogen transport technologies can meet these criteria. Topics include emissions, accidents, land use, noise and inaccessibility of amenities. They concludes that hydrogen could alleviate some of the problems in the transport sector associated with emissions and energy supply security. However, other transport problems are not mitigated, and some may even be made worse, by hydrogen use. They call for integrated transportation policies and argue for more reflexive and inclusive societal debate about the impacts and beneficiaries of hydrogen transport technologies.

• Authors:
  • Whitmarsh, Lorraine
  • Wietschel, Martin
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 207-226
• Serial:
  • Energy & Environment
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hydrogen fuels; Land use; Land use planning; Long range planning; Noise; Noise control; Pollutants; Stakeholders; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation; Technological innovations; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01111332
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 2008 11:46AM