"Automobiles and Global Warming: Alternative Fuels and Other Options for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions"
Journal Article, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, volume 15, issue 3, pages 241-274
May 1995
Author: Ambuj D. Sagar, Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy; Science, Technology, and Public Policy
ABSTRACT
Automobiles are a source of considerable pollution at the global level, including a significant fraction of the total greenhouse gas emissions. Alternative fuels have received some attention as potential options to curtail the carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles. This article discusses the feasibility and desirability (from a technical as well as broader environmental perspective) of the large-scale production and use of alternative fuels as a strategy to mitigate automotive carbon dioxide emissions. Other options such as improving vehicle efficiency and switching to more efficient use of passenger transportation are also discussed. These latter options offer an effective and immediate way to tackle the greenhouse and other pollutant emissions from automobiles, especially as the limitations of currently available alternative fuels and the technological and other constraints for potential future alternatives are revealed.
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Full text of this publication is available at:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0195-9255(95)91707-F
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