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Title: FUEL EMISSION STANDARDS AND COST-EFFECTIVE USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS IN CALIFORNIA
Accession Number: 00674197
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Possible emission regulations on gasoline suppliers to encourage the use of alternative transportation fuels such as compressed natural gas, methanol, and electricity are examined. A theoretical model based on the concept of marketable emission permits is built for gasoline suppliers. This model shows that a fleet average emission standard on gasoline suppliers will encourage the sale of clean fuels that would otherwise not be profitable because clean fuels will generate valuable emission permits. Next a dynamic empirical model that determines the least-cost solution to meeting emission standards for new vehicles and fuels is built. The empirical model includes emission trading and banking of hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxide permits. Under the assumption that individuals view all types of alternative-fuel and gasoline vehicles as perfect substitutes, the least-cost combination of fuels and vehicles consists mainly of methanol and compressed natural gas vehicles. If consumers favor gasoline vehicles over alternative-fuel vehicles by $350, then the least-cost combination of fuels and vehicles also includes significant numbers of gasoline vehicles.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1444, Transportation Environmental Issues: Air, Noise, Water, Mitigation Processes, and Alternative Fuels. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Transportation environmental issues: air, noise, water, mitigation processes, and alternative fuels Monograph Accession #: 01401280
Language: English
Authors: Rubin, JonathanPagination: p. 28-35
Publication Date: 1994
Serial: ISBN: 0309060508
Features: Figures
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; References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 31 1995 12:00AM
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