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Global Climate Change and the Unique Challenges Posed by the Transportation Sector.

DE2004826254

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Dooley, J. J.; Geffen, C. A.; Edmonds, J. A.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Addressing the challenges posed by global climate change will eventually require the active participation of all industrial sectors and consumers on the planet. To date, however, most efforts to address climate change have focused on only a few sectors of the economy (e.g., refineries and fossil-fired electric power plants) and a handful of large industrialized nations. While useful as a starting point, these efforts must be expanded to include other sectors of the economy and other nations. The transportation sector presents some unique challenges, with its nearly exclusive dependence on petroleum based products as a fuel source coupled with internal combustion engines as the prime mover. Reducing carbon emissions from transportation systems is unlikely to be solely accomplished by traditional climate mitigation policies that place a price on carbon. Our research shows that price signals alone are unlikely to fundamentally alter the demand for energy services or to transform the way energy services are provided in the transportation sector. We believe that a technological revolution will be necessary to accomplish the significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
Keywords	Transportation sector Global climate change Emissions Carbon dioxide Air pollution sources Refineries Gossil-fired electric power plants Mitigation Greenhouse gases Internal combustion engines Climatic changes Prices Electric power
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200517

Global Climate Change and the Unique Challenges Posed by the Transportation Sector.

Global Climate Change and the Unique Challenges Posed by the Transportation Sector.
DE2004826254

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Dooley, J. J.; Geffen, C. A.; Edmonds, J. A.
Page Count	14
Abstract	Addressing the challenges posed by global climate change will eventually require the active participation of all industrial sectors and consumers on the planet. To date, however, most efforts to address climate change have focused on only a few sectors of the economy (e.g., refineries and fossil-fired electric power plants) and a handful of large industrialized nations. While useful as a starting point, these efforts must be expanded to include other sectors of the economy and other nations. The transportation sector presents some unique challenges, with its nearly exclusive dependence on petroleum based products as a fuel source coupled with internal combustion engines as the prime mover. Reducing carbon emissions from transportation systems is unlikely to be solely accomplished by traditional climate mitigation policies that place a price on carbon. Our research shows that price signals alone are unlikely to fundamentally alter the demand for energy services or to transform the way energy services are provided in the transportation sector. We believe that a technological revolution will be necessary to accomplish the significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
Keywords	Transportation sector Global climate change Emissions Carbon dioxide Air pollution sources Refineries Gossil-fired electric power plants Mitigation Greenhouse gases Internal combustion engines Climatic changes Prices Electric power
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200517