Air versus terrestrial transport modalities: An energy and environmental comparison

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1493-1503

  Federici, M ^a   Ulgiati, S ^b   Basosi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air transport; Emergy; Energy efficiency; Fuel consumption; Material intensity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; ROADS AND STREETS; STEEL METALLURGY;

AIR TRANSPORT; EMBODIED ENERGY; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HIGH SPEED TRAINS; LONG DISTANCES; LOW-COST AIRLINES; MARKET SHARE; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTINGS; OIL PRICES; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGH-SPEED TRAIN; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 69349088857     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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