Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

A new study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs finds that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation will be a much bigger challenge than many assume, and will require substantially higher fuel prices combined with more stringent regulations.

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Tax Credit Tax Emissions Fuel 220

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

They analyzed the impact of the mandates on oil demand, CO 2 emissions, and economic welfare, and compare the results to an emission trading scenario that achieves identical emissions reductions. —Andreas Schafer, Professor of Energy and Transport at University College London, who was not involved in the analysis.

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Standards Emissions Europe CO2 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

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. —McCollum et al. Note the different scaling used in the graphs.

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Carbon Market Alternative Fuels Vehicles 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A new cost-benefit analysis of biofuels policies by economists Harry de Gorter and David Just at Cornell University has concluded that government mandates for biofuels “ are clearly superior to all other policies, with few tradeoffs arising. Other findings from the study include: Ethanol policy can have a substantial impact on corn prices.

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Tax CO2 Renewable Standards 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

According to the GFEI paper, improvements to conventional vehicles, including but not limited to hybridization, could achieve a 50% reduction in fuel use per kilometer for new cars by 2030, in line with GFEI targets. carbon fuel vehicles will be needed to continue to decarbonize LDVs and reduce oil use out to 2050 and beyond.

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Fuel Economy Economy Plug-in Plug 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

Without significant additional policy interventions to induce market penetration of breakthrough passenger car and aircraft technologies, the overall European (EU27) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals for 2050 will be difficult to meet, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Cambridge, Stanford University and MIT.

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Transportation Europe Climate Change Emissions 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

However, the survey also found that the public may not yet be prepared for the tradeoffs and challenges needed to make these proposals a reality, with majorities rejecting measures such as a floor on gasoline prices, congestion charges, or higher fuel taxes. Energy prices, oil dependence and climate change.

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Energy Climate Change Tax Oil 150