Energy utilization and greenhouse-gas emissions: Transportation sector, topical report

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:7162293

Darrow, K G

The objective of the report is to compare the emissions of greenhouse gases for alternative end-use technologies in the transportation sector. Scientists assert that global warming is occurring and will continue to occur as a result of increasing concentrations of certain gases in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) are the focus of this analysis because they are believed to cause three-fourths of the global warming effect and because energy production and use are a significant source of these emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector occur during energy production, conversion, transportation and end-use. This analysis compares alternative transportation sector fuel/technology choices in terms of their total fuel-cycle emissions of greenhouse gases. The emphasis of this report is on the end use comparison. The fuel-cycle emissions comparison was developed in a companion report.

• Research Organization: Energy International, Inc., Bellevue, WA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7162293
• Report Number(s): PB-93-110161/XAB; CNN: GRI-5090-810-2035
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Sponsored by Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
GREENHOUSE GASES
EMISSION
CARBON DIOXIDE
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
GASOLINE
METHANE
NITROGEN OXIDES
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
ALKANES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
LIQUID FUELS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
540120* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
290301 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment
Health
& Safety- Regional & Global Environmental Aspects- (1992-)