Life cycle assessment of natural gas-powered personal mobility options

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5988-5997

  Dai, Qiang ^a   Lastoskie, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CARBON CAPTURE; COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL CELLS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS;

NATURAL GAS VEHICLES;

EID: 84949114797     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef5009874     Document Type: Article

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