Is the public willing to pay for hydrogen buses? A comparative study of preferences in four cities

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3630-3642

  O'Garra, Tanya ^a   Mourato, Susana ^a   Garrity, Lisa ^d   Schmidt, Patrick ^b   Beerenwinkel, Anne ^c   Altmann, Matthias ^b   Hart, David ^a   Graesel, Cornelia ^c   Whitehouse, Simon ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b L B Systemtechnik GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Hydrogen; Preferences

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BUSES; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN FUELS; TAXATION; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD; COST OF LIVING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HYDROGEN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BERLIN; CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LONDON [ENGLAND]; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; PERTH [PERTH AND KINROSS]; PERTH AND KINROSS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147193354     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.12.031     Document Type: Article

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