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Energy Efficiency and Co2 Emissions of Road Transportation: Comparative Analysis of Technologies and Fuels

Energy Efficiency and Co2 Emissions of Road Transportation: Comparative Analysis of Technologies... ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CO EMISSIONS OF R OAD TRANSPORTATION: COMP A RATIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOG IES AND FUELS Pierre Advenier; P ierre Boisson; Claude D elarue; André D ouaud; C laude Girard; M ichel Legendre Power Train Design, PSA; Copru; Renault; Institut França is du Pétr ole; To talfinaelf info@worldenergy.org 1. INTRODUCTION The r isk of a worsening of t he greenhouse effect a nd its impact on the climate’s evolution is today widely acknowledged by the international sc ientific community. Many indications tend to co nfirm a climatic warming. T he c ontribution o f h uman activities to t he worsening of t he phenomenon is real, even if i t r emains weak compared to t he greenhouse effect g ases production d ue to n atural m echanisms. The energy represents about half of t he man-induced greenhouse effect g ases emissions. Carbon dioxide is the main gas accused. The U nited Nations conference on Environment an d Development took p lace in June 1992, in R io de Janeiro. One hundred a nd fifty co untries signed the framework convention on the climatic changes foreseeing namely to re turn in 2 000 to a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Energy & Environment SAGE

Energy Efficiency and Co2 Emissions of Road Transportation: Comparative Analysis of Technologies and Fuels

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CO EMISSIONS OF R OAD TRANSPORTATION: COMP A RATIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOG IES AND FUELS Pierre Advenier; P ierre Boisson; Claude D elarue; André D ouaud; C laude Girard; M ichel Legendre Power Train Design, PSA; Copru; Renault; Institut França is du Pétr ole; To talfinaelf info@worldenergy.org 1. INTRODUCTION The r isk of a worsening of t he greenhouse effect a nd its impact on the climate’s evolution is today widely acknowledged by the international sc ientific community. Many indications tend to co nfirm a climatic warming. T he c ontribution o f h uman activities to t he worsening of t he phenomenon is real, even if i t r emains weak compared to t he greenhouse effect g ases production d ue to n atural m echanisms. The energy represents about half of t he man-induced greenhouse effect g ases emissions. Carbon dioxide is the main gas accused. The U nited Nations conference on Environment an d Development took p lace in June 1992, in R io de Janeiro. One hundred a nd fifty co untries signed the framework convention on the climatic changes foreseeing namely to re turn in 2 000 to a

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Energy & Environment – SAGE

Published: Sep 1, 2002

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