Transportation: Environment, energy and the economy

Technical Report · Mon Jan 11 00:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10184961· OSTI ID:10184961

Petrakis, L

In the US, the transportation sector consumes over one quarter of the entire energy used, almost in its entirety as petroleum products, and in quantities greater than the total US domestic oil production. The transportation sector is responsible for a significant fraction of all emissions that either prevent US cities from achieving compliance with EPA air quality standards or have serious global change implications. Finally, the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and employment due to the sector are low and incommensurate with the high fraction of energy that the transportation sector consumes. We examine below this situation in some detail and make recommendations for improvements.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 10184961
• Report Number(s): BNL-49418; ON: DE93041119
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 11 Jan 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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