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Transportation Energy Futures

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The search for petroleum alternatives is not new. Ever since the turn of the century, when petroleum became the dominant transportation fuel, authoritative sources have warned occasionally of impending oil shortages (1, 2). When oil prices rose or oil depletion seemed imminent, interest and investments in oil shale, ethanol, coal liquids and gases, and tar sands surged; when oil prices subsided or estimated costs of alternatives escalated, interest and investments in the alternatives waned. Not until recently have several countries actually replaced substantial quantities of petroleum transportation fuels: Canada and South Africa built large production plants to produce gasoline and diesel fuel from tar sands and coal; Brazil replaced most gasoline with ethanol fuel; and New Zealand replaced almost half its gasoline with natural gas-based fuels.

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  • Sperling, Daniel, 1989. "Transportation Energy Futures," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt6tm50979, University of California Transportation Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:uctcwp:qt6tm50979
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    1. Contadini, Jose F., 2002. "Life Cycle Assessment of Fuel Cell Vehicles - Dealing with Uncertainties," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt9gz1s67d, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    2. Jolibois, Jr., Sylvan C. & Kanafani, Adib, 1994. "An Assessment Of Ivhs-apts Technology Impacts On Energy Consumption And Vehicle Emissions Of Transit Bus Fleets," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt9r35p5zx, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    3. Goulias, Konstadinos G. & Pendyala, Ram M., 1991. "Innovations in Transportation: The Case of Telecommuting," University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers qt3jj308dm, University of California Transportation Center.

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