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Road transport energy conservation in Costa Rica

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  • Greene, David L.
  • Jacome, Antony Araya
  • Kowalski, Robert
  • Hu, Patricia S.

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Transportation is typically the largest petroleum-using sector in less developed countries and is generally dominated by road transport. Despite this fact, energy planning and conservation assistance have concentrated on other sectors, partly because of a lack of experience with transport-energy conservation in less developed countries. Studies of short-term energy conservation in taxi and bus fleets under actual operating conditions in San Jose, Costa Rica, have shown that efficiency improvements on the order of 10% are obtainable. Training in fuel-efficient driving strategies reduced taxi-fuel use by 14% and bus-fuel use by 3% on the average. Implementation of fuel-efficient maintenance practices reduced bus-fuel consumption by an average of 6%. Radial tires were ineffective and possibly counter-productive in saving fuel. Because of the complex experimental design, the results were not readily perceived by vehicle operators. Future demonstrations should concentrate on showing monetary savings to vehicle operators.

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  • Greene, David L. & Jacome, Antony Araya & Kowalski, Robert & Hu, Patricia S., 1987. "Road transport energy conservation in Costa Rica," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 12(12), pages 1299-1308.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:12:y:1987:i:12:p:1299-1308
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(87)90038-7
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    1. Geltner, David, 1985. "Transport and energy in developing countries," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 340-344, August.
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