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Title: Emissions of greenhouse gases from the use of transportation fuels and electricity

Abstract

This report presents estimates of full fuel-cycle emissions of greenhouse gases from using transportation fuels and electricity. The data cover emissions of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}), methane, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen oxides, and nonmethane organic compounds resulting from the end use of fuels, compression or liquefaction of gaseous transportation fuels, fuel distribution, fuel production, feedstock transport, feedstock recovery, manufacture of motor vehicles, maintenance of transportation systems, manufacture of materials used in major energy facilities, and changes in land use that result from using biomass-derived fuels. The results for electricity use are in grams of CO{sub 2}-equivalent emissions per kilowatt-hour of electricity delivered to end users and cover generating plants powered by coal, oil, natural gas, methanol, biomass, and nuclear energy. The transportation analysis compares CO{sub 2}-equivalent emissions, in grams per mile, from base-case gasoline and diesel fuel cycles with emissions from these alternative- fuel cycles: methanol from coal, natural gas, or wood; compressed or liquefied natural gas; synthetic natural gas from wood; ethanol from corn or wood; liquefied petroleum gas from oil or natural gas; hydrogen from nuclear or solar power; electricity from coal, uranium, oil, natural gas, biomass, or solar energy, used in battery-powered electric vehicles; and hydrogenmore » and methanol used in fuel-cell vehicles.« less

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  1. (California Univ., Davis, CA (United States))
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Energy Systems Div.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; DOT; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Transportation, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5457338
Report Number(s):
ANL/ESD/TM-22-Vol.1
ON: DE92012102
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 03 NATURAL GAS; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FUELS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; EMISSION; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; ELECTRIC POWER; EXHAUST GASES; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; GASOLINE; METHANE; METHANOL FUELS; NATURAL GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; ALCOHOL FUELS; ALKANES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ENERGY SOURCES; EVALUATION; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; GAS FUELS; GASEOUS WASTES; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUID FUELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; POWER; POWER PLANTS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WASTES; 010900* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Environmental Aspects; 030800 - Natural Gas- Environmental Aspects; 100900 - Synthetic Fuels- Environmental Aspects- (1990-); 540110

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abstractNote = {This report presents estimates of full fuel-cycle emissions of greenhouse gases from using transportation fuels and electricity. The data cover emissions of carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}), methane, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen oxides, and nonmethane organic compounds resulting from the end use of fuels, compression or liquefaction of gaseous transportation fuels, fuel distribution, fuel production, feedstock transport, feedstock recovery, manufacture of motor vehicles, maintenance of transportation systems, manufacture of materials used in major energy facilities, and changes in land use that result from using biomass-derived fuels. The results for electricity use are in grams of CO{sub 2}-equivalent emissions per kilowatt-hour of electricity delivered to end users and cover generating plants powered by coal, oil, natural gas, methanol, biomass, and nuclear energy. The transportation analysis compares CO{sub 2}-equivalent emissions, in grams per mile, from base-case gasoline and diesel fuel cycles with emissions from these alternative- fuel cycles: methanol from coal, natural gas, or wood; compressed or liquefied natural gas; synthetic natural gas from wood; ethanol from corn or wood; liquefied petroleum gas from oil or natural gas; hydrogen from nuclear or solar power; electricity from coal, uranium, oil, natural gas, biomass, or solar energy, used in battery-powered electric vehicles; and hydrogen and methanol used in fuel-cell vehicles.},
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