The prospects for global green car mobility

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1717-1726

  Moriarty, Patrick ^a   Honnery, Damon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Alternative fuels; Fuel efficiency; Global climate change; Green mobility

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NONMETALS; POLLUTION; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CAR MOBILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS; EXHAUST EMISSIONS; FUEL EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GREEN MOBILITY; POLLUTION EMISSIONS; SURFACE TRANSPORT; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; THREE-WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; UNLEADED PETROL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 48749093468     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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