Energy Use Impacts of the Mobile Source Provisions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

Conference · Sun Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5778738

Stodolsky, Frank ^[1]; Singh, Margaret K. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

The Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 will have a profound, positive impact on air quality. At the same time, they will affect the use of energy in various sectors of the U.S. economy. Given the continued reliance of the U.S. on imported petroleum, the impact of the CAAA on petroleum use is of particular interest. Various provisions of the CAAA are expected to lead to a reduction in its use (e.g., the addition of oxygenates to gasoline to meet oxygen content requirements and a switch from fuel oil to natural gas to achieve sulfur dioxide [S02] reductions). Alternatively, other provisions will lead to increased petroleum consumption (e.g., the cold temperature carbon monoxide [CO] standards for light-duty vehicles [LDVs]). The net overall effect appears to be a reduction in oil use. However, the extent of that reduction is not clear-cut. It will be determined by technological developments as well as industry and consumer behavior. In this paper, we present estimates of the impact on petroleum use of the mobile source provisions of the CAAA. These provisions may provide the largest oil displacement potential of the CAAA. As will be shown, however, the variety of assumptions required concerning technological developments and market response results in a wide range of estimates. In the future, reductions in the uncertainties associated with these developments and responses will allow for more definitive estimates of CAAA mobile source oil displacement.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Policy (OP)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5778738
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP--73176; CONF-910659--28; ON: DE91014018
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLEAN AIR ACT
CONTROL
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
GASOLINE
LAWS
LIQUID FUELS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
POLLUTION SOURCES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
VEHICLES