The economy of alternative fuels when including the cost of air pollution

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-108

  Johansson, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative fuels; Emissions; Environmental costs; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIESEL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; METHANOL; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SYNTHETIC FUELS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ECONOMIC VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 0033105291     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-9209(98)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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