NDLI: The potential for energy-efficient technologies to reduce carbon emissions in the United States: transport sector

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Greene, D.L. Plotkin, S. Duleep, K.G.
Copyright Year	1997
Description	Author affiliation: Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA (Greene, D.L.)
Abstract	This paper presents the results of an assessment of the potential for cost-effective technological changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the US transportation sector by the year 2010. US transportation energy use stood at 24.4 quadrillion Btu (Quads) in 1996, up 2 percent over 1995 (US DOE/EIA, 1997, table 2.5). Transportation sector carbon dioxide emissions amounted to 457.2 million metric tons of carbon (MmtC) in 1995, almost one third of total US greenhouse gas emissions (US DOE/EIA, 1996a, p.12). Transport's energy use and CO/sub 2/ emissions are growing, apparently at accelerating rates as energy efficiency improvements appear to be slowing to a halt. Cost-effective and nearly cost-effective technologies have enormous potential to slow and even reverse the growth of transport's CO/sub 2/ emissions, but technological changes will take time and are not likely to occur without significant, new public policy initiatives. Absent new initiatives, we project that CO/sub 2/ emissions from transport are likely to grow to 616 MmtC by 2010, and 646 MmtC by 2015. An aggressive effort to develop and implement cost-effective technologies that are more efficient and fuels that are lower in carbon could reduce emissions by about 12% in 2010 and 18% in 2015, versus the business-as-usual projection. With substantial luck, leading to breakthroughs in key areas, reductions over the BAU case of 17% in 2010 and 25% in 2015, might be possible. In none of these case are CO/sub 2/ emissions reduced to 1990 levels by 2015.
Starting Page	2114
Ending Page	2119
File Size	622038
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780345150
DOI	10.1109/IECEC.1997.656753
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1997-07-27
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Energy efficiency Carbon dioxide Public policy Global warming Laboratories Fuels Costs Atmosphere Road transportation Acceleration
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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