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Research paper thumbnail of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology Assessment: Methodology, Analytical Issues, and Interim Results Center for Transportation Research Argonne National Laboratory United States Department of Energy

Argonne National Laboratory paper, 2001

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Research paper thumbnail of Will We Drive Less?: A White Paper on U.S. Light-Duty Travel

Argonne National Laboratory paper, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Do smaller cars mean increased fatalities?

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 00139157 1982 9929818, Jul 8, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining New U.S. Fuel Economy Standards

Http Dx Doi Org 10 3200 Envt 49 6 8 19, Aug 7, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Electricity End Uses, Energy Efficiency, and Distributed Energy Resources Baseline

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Research paper thumbnail of Environmental effects of obtaining liquid fuels from biomass

AIP Conference Proceedings, 1985

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Research paper thumbnail of Reducing Greenhouse Gases from U.S. Transportation

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining new fuel economy standards for the United States

After decades of futile attempts to increase U.S. fuel economy standards for passenger cars, whic... more After decades of futile attempts to increase U.S. fuel economy standards for passenger cars, which have remained unchanged since enactment of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards in Title V of the 1975 Energy Policy Conservation Act, it seems increasingly likely that new and tougher standards will be enacted in the near future - especially after the Senate's 21 June passage of energy efficiency bill H.R. 6. As this magazine went to press, the bill, which calls for a 40 percent increase in vehicle fuel economy by 2020 among other efficiency and alternative energy goals, was headed to the House of Representatives for more debate. Congress has seen proposals like this since the 1980s, but this is the first time that one of them has passed in the Senate. The Bush administration has also weighed in with a proposal to increase new vehicle fuel economy by 4 percent per year from 2011 to 2017, and the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Congress to grant the Secretary of Transportation the authority to restructure and increase CAFE standards for cars, a power denied by the original CAFE legislation. A confluence of events has led to this change of political climate, including: the failure of world oil production and refining capacity to keep pace with rapidly growing demand, especially from China and other emerging economies, which has led to the highest oil prices since the 1980s and growing fears that world production of conventional oil may be close to its peak and rapid decline; the escalating influence of oil resources on geopolitics as China seeks to guarantee its future access to supplies, enhanced revenues from the higher prices, which prop up authoritarian regimes in Iran, Venezuela, Russia, and elsewhere and allow them increasing freedom of action; the enhancement of the role of climate change in political decision making by new reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with much strengthened language about the probability and severity of climate change and man's influence on it, and a recent Supreme Court decision rejecting the Environmental Protection Agency's assertion that it has no authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. New fuel economy standards will represent an ambitious and expensive undertaking on the part of the automobile industry and the nation, and proposals for new standards deserve careful congressional and public scrutiny.

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Research paper thumbnail of California Energy Institute), and the U. S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment. Many people provided helpful comments and ideas. In particular, I thank Patrick

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Research paper thumbnail of Energy from biomass

Environment, Nov 1, 1980

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Research paper thumbnail of Uncertain Future of Natural Gas Production in U.S. Lower 48 States: ABSTRACT

Aapg Bulletin, 1984

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Research paper thumbnail of The Uncertain Future of Natural Gas Production in the U.S. Lower-48 States

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Research paper thumbnail of The Transportation Sector

Global Energy Strategies, 1993

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Research paper thumbnail of Fuel Economy Initiatives: International Comparisons

Encyclopedia of Energy, 2004

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Research paper thumbnail of An Advanced Door-to-Door System for Inter-Urban Transportation

SAE Technical Paper Series, 1969

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Research paper thumbnail of Hybrid electric vehicle technology assessment : methodology, analytical issues, and interim results

This report presents the results of the first phase of Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL&#x... more This report presents the results of the first phase of Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL's) examination of the costs and energy impacts of light-duty hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). We call this research an HEV Technology Assessment, or HEVTA. HEVs are vehicles with drivetrains that ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Automobile Fuel Economy: How Far Should We Go? U.S. National Research Council

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1993

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining New U.S. Fuel Economy Standards

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Transportation and its infrastructure

Climate change, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Environmental Issues of Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal

Environmental Conservation, 1982

Page 1. Environmental Issues of Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal by MICHAEL A. CHARTOCK, Ph.... more Page 1. Environmental Issues of Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal by MICHAEL A. CHARTOCK, Ph.D. (Southern California), MICAHEL D. DEVINE, Ph.D. (Texas), MARTIN R. CINES, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Science and Public ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology Assessment: Methodology, Analytical Issues, and Interim Results Center for Transportation Research Argonne National Laboratory United States Department of Energy

Argonne National Laboratory paper, 2001

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Research paper thumbnail of Will We Drive Less?: A White Paper on U.S. Light-Duty Travel

Argonne National Laboratory paper, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Do smaller cars mean increased fatalities?

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 00139157 1982 9929818, Jul 8, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining New U.S. Fuel Economy Standards

Http Dx Doi Org 10 3200 Envt 49 6 8 19, Aug 7, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Electricity End Uses, Energy Efficiency, and Distributed Energy Resources Baseline

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Research paper thumbnail of Environmental effects of obtaining liquid fuels from biomass

AIP Conference Proceedings, 1985

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Research paper thumbnail of Reducing Greenhouse Gases from U.S. Transportation

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining new fuel economy standards for the United States

After decades of futile attempts to increase U.S. fuel economy standards for passenger cars, whic... more After decades of futile attempts to increase U.S. fuel economy standards for passenger cars, which have remained unchanged since enactment of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards in Title V of the 1975 Energy Policy Conservation Act, it seems increasingly likely that new and tougher standards will be enacted in the near future - especially after the Senate's 21 June passage of energy efficiency bill H.R. 6. As this magazine went to press, the bill, which calls for a 40 percent increase in vehicle fuel economy by 2020 among other efficiency and alternative energy goals, was headed to the House of Representatives for more debate. Congress has seen proposals like this since the 1980s, but this is the first time that one of them has passed in the Senate. The Bush administration has also weighed in with a proposal to increase new vehicle fuel economy by 4 percent per year from 2011 to 2017, and the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Congress to grant the Secretary of Transportation the authority to restructure and increase CAFE standards for cars, a power denied by the original CAFE legislation. A confluence of events has led to this change of political climate, including: the failure of world oil production and refining capacity to keep pace with rapidly growing demand, especially from China and other emerging economies, which has led to the highest oil prices since the 1980s and growing fears that world production of conventional oil may be close to its peak and rapid decline; the escalating influence of oil resources on geopolitics as China seeks to guarantee its future access to supplies, enhanced revenues from the higher prices, which prop up authoritarian regimes in Iran, Venezuela, Russia, and elsewhere and allow them increasing freedom of action; the enhancement of the role of climate change in political decision making by new reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with much strengthened language about the probability and severity of climate change and man's influence on it, and a recent Supreme Court decision rejecting the Environmental Protection Agency's assertion that it has no authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. New fuel economy standards will represent an ambitious and expensive undertaking on the part of the automobile industry and the nation, and proposals for new standards deserve careful congressional and public scrutiny.

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Research paper thumbnail of California Energy Institute), and the U. S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment. Many people provided helpful comments and ideas. In particular, I thank Patrick

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Research paper thumbnail of Energy from biomass

Environment, Nov 1, 1980

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Research paper thumbnail of Uncertain Future of Natural Gas Production in U.S. Lower 48 States: ABSTRACT

Aapg Bulletin, 1984

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Research paper thumbnail of The Uncertain Future of Natural Gas Production in the U.S. Lower-48 States

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Research paper thumbnail of The Transportation Sector

Global Energy Strategies, 1993

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Research paper thumbnail of Fuel Economy Initiatives: International Comparisons

Encyclopedia of Energy, 2004

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Research paper thumbnail of An Advanced Door-to-Door System for Inter-Urban Transportation

SAE Technical Paper Series, 1969

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Research paper thumbnail of Hybrid electric vehicle technology assessment : methodology, analytical issues, and interim results

This report presents the results of the first phase of Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL&#x... more This report presents the results of the first phase of Argonne National Laboratory's (ANL's) examination of the costs and energy impacts of light-duty hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). We call this research an HEV Technology Assessment, or HEVTA. HEVs are vehicles with drivetrains that ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Automobile Fuel Economy: How Far Should We Go? U.S. National Research Council

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1993

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining New U.S. Fuel Economy Standards

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Transportation and its infrastructure

Climate change, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Environmental Issues of Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal

Environmental Conservation, 1982

Page 1. Environmental Issues of Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal by MICHAEL A. CHARTOCK, Ph.... more Page 1. Environmental Issues of Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal by MICHAEL A. CHARTOCK, Ph.D. (Southern California), MICAHEL D. DEVINE, Ph.D. (Texas), MARTIN R. CINES, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Science and Public ...

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