How private car purchasing trends offset efficiency gains and the successful energy policy response

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3790-3802

  Ó Gallachóir, Brian P ^a   Howley, Martin ^b   Cunningham, Stephen ^b   Bazilian, Morgan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Sustainable Energy Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Energy policy; Private cars; Transport energy

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH; CAR MODELS; DIESEL CARS; EFFICIENCY GAIN; FUEL TOURISM; IN-VEHICLE; IRELAND; PRIVATE CARS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORT ENERGY;

ENERGY POLICY; FLEET OPERATIONS; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; SALES; TAXATION;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AUTOMOBILE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DIESEL ENGINE; ENERGY POLICY; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70249109123     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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