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Transforming the US Transportation System by 2050 to Address Climate Challenges
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/mei-ttu031516.php[font face=Serif]Public Release: 15-Mar-2016
[font size=5]Transforming the US Transportation System by 2050 to Address Climate Challenges[/font]
[font size=4]MIT Energy Initiative report On the Road toward 2050: Potential for Substantial Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions provides recommendations for moving forward[/font]
MIT Energy Initiative
[font size=3]CAMBRIDGE, Mass - Road vehicles are a key part of the climate change challenge, representing both an important source of petroleum demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. Changes to our transportation system--how much we travel, the vehicles we use, and the fuels that power them--offer the potential for substantial reductions in GHG emissions, and are necessary to mitigate climate change. Likewise, changes in policy, driving behavior, and the development of alternative fuels and energy sources are required to meet this challenge.
On the Road toward 2050: Potential for Substantial Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, a new report spearheaded by John Heywood, an MIT professor of mechanical engineering, identifies three important paths forward for light-duty vehicles (LDVs, i.e., cars and light trucks): improve the existing system and technologies for shorter-term benefits, conserve fuel by changing driver habits for nearer- to longer-term benefits, and transform the transportation system into one that is radically less carbon intensive for longer-term benefits. Each element is separately important, but must collectively be pursued aggressively to achieve necessary emissions reductions. More research, development, and demonstration studies are needed to lay the foundation for such a long-term transformation.
The report addresses topics related to the evolution of vehicle technology and its deployment, the development of alternative fuels and energy sources, the impacts of driver behavior, and the implications of all of these factors on future GHG emissions in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan.
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[font size=5]Transforming the US Transportation System by 2050 to Address Climate Challenges[/font]
[font size=4]MIT Energy Initiative report On the Road toward 2050: Potential for Substantial Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions provides recommendations for moving forward[/font]
MIT Energy Initiative
[font size=3]CAMBRIDGE, Mass - Road vehicles are a key part of the climate change challenge, representing both an important source of petroleum demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. Changes to our transportation system--how much we travel, the vehicles we use, and the fuels that power them--offer the potential for substantial reductions in GHG emissions, and are necessary to mitigate climate change. Likewise, changes in policy, driving behavior, and the development of alternative fuels and energy sources are required to meet this challenge.
On the Road toward 2050: Potential for Substantial Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, a new report spearheaded by John Heywood, an MIT professor of mechanical engineering, identifies three important paths forward for light-duty vehicles (LDVs, i.e., cars and light trucks): improve the existing system and technologies for shorter-term benefits, conserve fuel by changing driver habits for nearer- to longer-term benefits, and transform the transportation system into one that is radically less carbon intensive for longer-term benefits. Each element is separately important, but must collectively be pursued aggressively to achieve necessary emissions reductions. More research, development, and demonstration studies are needed to lay the foundation for such a long-term transformation.
The report addresses topics related to the evolution of vehicle technology and its deployment, the development of alternative fuels and energy sources, the impacts of driver behavior, and the implications of all of these factors on future GHG emissions in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan.
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http://mitei.mit.edu/publications/reports-studies/on-the-road-toward-2050
