Water and greenhouse gas tradeoffs associated with a transition to a low carbon transportation system

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 531-547

  Dodder, Rebecca ^a   Yelverton, William ^a   Felgenhauer, Tyler ^a   King, Carey ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CARBON; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY SECURITY; ETHANOL FUELS; FEEDSTOCKS; FLEET OPERATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS; LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLE FLEET; LOW CARBON TRANSPORTATIONS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR; VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATIONS;

NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84869186799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/imece2011-63991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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