Impacts on home heating costs of incentives for alternative fuels vehicles

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7076522· OSTI ID:7076522

The Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 offers incentives in the form of fuel economy credits to manufacturers who produce capable of using natural gas or alcohol fuels. Substitution of these fuels for gasoline in the transportation sector is likely to affect the prices of natural gas and disulfate oil, important sources of energy for home heating. The Act calls for a study to determine whether including alternative fuel credits in calculating corporate average fuel economy is likely to increase the average price of home heating to residential consumers. This report presents an analysis of that question. Assuming that manufacturers take full advantage of the alternative fuel credits available by building compressed natural gas (CNG) or methanol compatible vehicles, projections through the year 2013 are developed for the addition demand for natural gas and reduced demand for gasoline. It is assumed that all natural gas comes from domestic sources and that all methanol for transportation is imported. 11 refs., 7 tabs.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Analysis, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Policy Integration
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/MA
• OSTI ID: 7076522
• Report Number(s): DOE/PE-90014954; ON: DE90014954
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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