Energy and Global Climate Change 2010
Series: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2191Publication details: Washington DC Transportation Research Board, 2010Description: 191 sISBN:- 9780309160667
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This issue contains 22 papers on the subject of energy and global climate change. Specific topics discussed include the following: wide-based single tires effect on truck fuel efficiency; miles per gallon illusions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy distortions; freight transport, energy use, and emissions trends in Spain; diesel truck activity and fuel economy based on electronic control module data; cost of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles; electric vehicle charging impact on electricity costs; economic assessment of electric-drive vehicle operation; cost hurdles of the plug-in hybrid battery; compressed air vehicles; recharging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; bioeconomy-based fuel production; low-carbon vehicle and fuel technologies; integrating vehicle and fuel regulation; cash-for-clunker programs; integrated land use and transportation carbon estimator; climate change and urban transportation in Latin America; collection-delivery points for failed home deliveries; impact of intermodal facilities on design and management of biofuel supply chain; carbon dioxide emissions at high speeds; vehicle-specific power bins for light-duty vehicles in estimation of carbon dioxide emissions; greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles; and macroscopic model of greenhouse gas emissions.