Alternative Fuels in Transportation

Autor/inn/en	Kouroussis, Denis; Karimi, Shahram
Titel	Alternative Fuels in Transportation
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 26 (2006) 4, S.346-355 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467606292150
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Transportation; Fuels; Energy; Fuel Consumption; Foreign Countries; Supply and Demand; Motor Vehicles; Environmental Influences; Research and Development; California; Canada; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verkehrswesen; Treibstoff; Energie; Benzinverbrauch; Ausland; Bedarfsplanung; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Forschung und Entwicklung; Kalifornien; Kanada; USA
Abstract	The realization of dwindling fossil fuel supplies and their adverse environmental impacts has accelerated research and development activities in the domain of renewable energy sources and technologies. Global energy demand is expected to rise during the next few decades, and the majority of today's energy is based on fossil fuels. Alternative energy sources and technologies can play a vital role in lowering or eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels. However, such a transition will require a large investment and will not be reversible. The benefits of hydrogen and other liquid fuels as transportation fuels are not marginal, but the real urgency in greenhouse gas reductions and fossil fuel replacement should not be translated into an energy infrastructure based on unsustainable sources in the long run. It is wise to examine each option thoroughly and objectively now and discard those with little potential so our focus and effort may be placed elsewhere. (Contains 7 figures and 1 table.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10