Replacing gasoline: Alternative fuels for light-duty vehicles
During the past year, the debate on reauthorizing the Clean Air Act caused a resurgence of interest in alternative transportation fuels as an option for reducing ozone levels in urban areas that cannot otherwise meet air quality standards. The possibility of greenhouse climate change has increased interest in those alternative fuels that do not rely on fossil fuel feedstocks or that can otherwise offer a net reduction in greenhouse emissions. The report provides a broad overview of the costs and benefits of introducing methanol, ethanol, natural gas, electricity, hydrogen, and reformulated gasoline into the U.S. light-duty fleet, and additionally provides more detailed analysis of a few particularly contentious issues such as the air quality impacts and costs of methanol use.
- Research Organization:
- Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6162490
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-104901/XAB; OTA-E--364
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ALCOHOLS
CONTROL
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ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
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ENERGY SOURCES
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FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
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