Author : David Popp
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Automobiles
ISBN :
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Strategies for Reducing Gasoline Consumption Through Improved Motor Vehicle Efficiency
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,97 MB
Release : 1976
Category :
ISBN :
Reducing Gasoline Consumption
Author : Terry Dinan
Publisher : Nova Biomedical Books
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 48,42 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Several Members of Congress and public interest groups have recently proposed policies that would reduce gasoline consumption in the United States. Such proposals stem primarily from a desire to enhance the nation's energy security and to decrease its emissions of carbon dioxide, a key greenhouse gas that affects the Earth's climate. This book compares three methods of reducing gasoline consumption: increasing the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards that govern passenger vehicles, raising the federal tax on gasoline, and setting a limit on carbon emissions from gasoline combustion and requiring gasoline producers to hold allowances for those emissions (a policy known as a cap-and-trade program). Also, the book weighs the relative merits of those policies against several major criteria: whether they would minimise costs to producers and consumers; how reliably they would achieve a given reduction in gasoline use; their implications for automobile safety; and their effects on such factors as traffic congestion, requirements for highway construction, and emissions of air pollutants other than carbon dioxide. In addition, the book examines two more policy implications that lawmakers may be concerned about: the impact on people at different income levels and in different regions, and the effects on federal revenue.
Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 2010-07-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309159474
Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles evaluates various technologies and methods that could improve the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks. The book also recommends approaches that federal agencies could use to regulate these vehicles' fuel consumption. Currently there are no fuel consumption standards for such vehicles, which account for about 26 percent of the transportation fuel used in the U.S. The miles-per-gallon measure used to regulate the fuel economy of passenger cars. is not appropriate for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, which are designed above all to carry loads efficiently. Instead, any regulation of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles should use a metric that reflects the efficiency with which a vehicle moves goods or passengers, such as gallons per ton-mile, a unit that reflects the amount of fuel a vehicle would use to carry a ton of goods one mile. This is called load-specific fuel consumption (LSFC). The book estimates the improvements that various technologies could achieve over the next decade in seven vehicle types. For example, using advanced diesel engines in tractor-trailers could lower their fuel consumption by up to 20 percent by 2020, and improved aerodynamics could yield an 11 percent reduction. Hybrid powertrains could lower the fuel consumption of vehicles that stop frequently, such as garbage trucks and transit buses, by as much 35 percent in the same time frame.
Reducing Gasoline Consumption
Author : Terry Dinan
Publisher : Congressional Budget Office
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 28,30 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Compares 3 methods of reducing gasoline comsumption in the United States: setting higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger vehicles; raising the Federal tax on gasoline; and setting a limit on carbon emissions from gasoline combustion and requiring gasoline producers to hold allowances for those emissions, known as a cap-and-trade program.
Strategies for Reducing Gasoline Consumption Through Improved Motor Vehicle Efficiency
Author : Transportation Research Board. Committee on Energy Conservation and Transportation Demand
Publisher :
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 1975
Category :
ISBN :
The Department of Energy Should Provide Leadership to Assure Near-term Gasoline Conservation Opportunities are Realized
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,41 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Energy conservation
ISBN :
The Dependence Dilemma
Author : Daniel Yergin
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Automotive Fuel Economy
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0309045304
This volume presents realistic estimates for the level of fuel economy that is achievable in the next decade for cars and light trucks made in the United States and Canada. A source of objective and comprehensive information on the topic, this book takes into account real-world factors such as the financial conditions in the automotive industry, costs and benefits to consumers, and marketability of high-efficiency vehicles. The committee is composed of experts from the fields of science, technology, finance, and regulation and offers practical evaluations of technological improvements that could contribute to increased fuel efficiency. The volume also examines potential barriers to improvement, such as high production costs, regulations on safety and emissions, and consumer preferences. This practical book is of considerable interest to car and light truck manufacturers, policymakers, federal and state agencies, and the public.
Alternative Strategies for Reducing Gasoline Consumption by Private Automobiles
Author : Robert Gordon McGillivray
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Automobiles
ISBN :