Greenhouse gas implications of using coal for transportation: Life cycle assessment of coal-to-liquids, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen pathways

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2689-2695

  Jaramillo, Paulina ^a   Samaras, Constantine ^a   Wakeley, Heather ^a   Meisterling, Kyle ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Greenhouse gases; Transportation

Indexed keywords

BATTERY MANUFACTURING; CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; ENERGY FUTURES; ENERGY SECURITIES; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; FUEL CYCLES; GHG EMISSIONS; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROGEN PATHWAYS; LIFE CYCLE APPROACHES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PETROLEUM FUELS; PLUG-IN; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES; POLICY-MAKERS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; VEHICLE LIVES;

CLIMATOLOGY; COAL; COAL GAS; COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; FUEL CELLS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIFE CYCLE; LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

COAL TRANSPORTATION;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; PETROLEUM; POLICY MAKING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549095977     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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