Overview
- Compares the indirect greenhouse gas emissions from electrical or hydrogen powered cars with oil fueled cars
- Develops different scenarios for the conversion to a greener traffic model
- Presents an explanation accessible for every reader, even with little technical training, and a model ready to adapt to other countries
- Provides the answer to a question many people have, correcting a common misconception of GHG emission free electric cars
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Energy (BRIEFSENERGY)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The method described in this Brief is scalable and readily adaptable to other countries. It can thus be used for investigating sensible approaches and developing recommendations for a conversion. As expected, the results depend strongly on the production scenarios for hydrogen or electricity production. The wrong choice can even result in increased GHG emissions. A proper choice of the roadmap toward a more sustainable and greener future is of greatest importance – the results described in this Brief can serve as a valuable and useful guide on our way.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Antoine C. Bret is Associate Professor at the Universidad Castilla La Mancha. His main research interests focus on theoretical plasma physics and astrophysics.
Antoine Bret has been teaching an introductory course for students in engineering, where he introduces the debates about energy and climate change and in particular their intimate catenation.
The present Brief is based on the Masters theses of María Miravalles López and Jesús Montoya Sánchez de Pablo, who investigated in their research how 'green' the traffic and transportation system in Spain would effectively be if all cars were to be replaced by electrical or hydrogen fueled cars. On this basis, a scalable and adaptable model was developed and different scenarios tested.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: How Green are Electric or Hydrogen-Powered Cars?
Book Subtitle: Assessing GHG Emissions of Traffic in Spain
Authors: Jesús Montoya Sánchez de Pablo, María Miravalles López, Antoine Bret
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Energy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32434-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32433-3Published: 14 April 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32434-0Published: 06 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-5520
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5539
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 82
Number of Illustrations: 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Transportation, Climate Change Management and Policy, Energy Systems, Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency