Describing current and potential markets for alternative-fuel vehicles
Motor vehicles are a major source of greenhouse gases, and the rising numbers of motor vehicles and miles driven could lead to more harmful emissions that may ultimately affect the world`s climate. One approach to curtailing such emissions is to use, instead of gasoline, alternative fuels: LPG, compressed natural gas, or alcohol fuels. In addition to the greenhouse gases, pollutants can be harmful to human health: ozone, CO. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 authorized EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards to control this. The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) was the first new law to emphasize strengthened energy security and decreased reliance on foreign oil since the oil shortages of the 1970`s. EPACT emphasized increasing the number of alternative-fuel vehicles (AFV`s) by mandating their incremental increase of use by Federal, state, and alternative fuel provider fleets over the new few years. Its goals are far from being met; alternative fuels` share remains trivial, about 0.3%, despite gains. This report describes current and potential markets for AFV`s; it begins by assessing the total vehicle stock, and then it focuses on current use of AFV`s in alternative fuel provider fleets and the potential for use of AFV`s in US households.
- Research Organization:
- US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 221890
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EIA-0604; ON: DE96010141; NC: NONE
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 26 Mar 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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