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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study.

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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. The growth of the world’s population is putting ever-increasing demands on energy and especially fossil fuels.

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Study finds renewable fuel mandates alone not likely to lower carbon intensity of biofuels; the importance of localized LCAs and optimized low carbon fuel standards

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The authors then incorporated the LCA results into multiple policy scenarios to demonstrate the effect of policy configurations on the use of alternative fuels. renewable fuel standards—and LCFSs. These results provided a contrast between volumetric mandates—i.e., —Boies et al. not every LCFS is the same.

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Study Concludes That Large-Scale Transport of Ethanol Could Negate Its Economic and Environmental Benefits Compared to Gasoline

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A new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) concludes that the emissions associated with the transport of ethanol could negate its potential economic and environmental benefits compared to gasoline. The analysis emphasizes the importance of regional alternative fuel strategies. Click to enlarge. Wakeley et al.

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Researchers Propose New Method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Transportation Fuels as a Case Study

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A pair of researchers from Purdue University and Rochester Institute of Technology are proposing a new approach to Lifecycle Impact Assessment (LCIA), designed to represent simultaneously multiple weights spaces and the sensitivity of the rank ordering to uncertain or multiple stakeholder values expressing different priorities.

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CAAFI R&D team releases critical challenges position paper and white papers for alternative jet fuel industry

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The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) R&D team released its current position paper on critical R&D challenges facing the alternative jet fuel industry, highlighting near-, mid-, and long-term priorities. Detailed analyses of fuel chemistry effects on fuel properties to enhance.