A comparison of alternative technologies to de-carbonize Canada's passenger transportation sector

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1260-1278

  Steenhof, Paul A ^a   McInnis, Bertram C ^a  

^a Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric car; Energy system models; Ethanol; Greenhouse gas emissions; Hydrogen fuel cell; Passenger transport

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMMERCE; CROPS; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN; LEAKAGE (FLUID); REDUCTION; VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC CAR; ENERGY SYSTEM MODELS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN FUEL CELL; PASSENGER TRANSPORT;

ETHANOL FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOFUEL; EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANOL; GREENHOUSE GAS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

CARBONIZATION; CELLULOSE; ENERGY PRODUCTION; ETHANOL; FARM CROPS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE; VEHICLES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 51349107859     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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