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Study: Net-Zero or Low-Cost Technologies in Transportation Could Bring Light-Duty Vehicle GHG Emissions Below 1990 Levels

Posted on July 06, 2008

Combining cost-effective vehicle efficiency technologies with in-use practice and lower-carbon fuel could result in GHG emissions from light-duty vehicles below the level emitted in 1990. Click to enlarge. Source: Lutsey (2008)A new report published by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS) suggests that there are many net-beneficial no regrets climate change mitigation technologies where the energy savings of the technologies outweigh the initial costs and that most of these technologies are not being widely adopted.According to the stud...

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