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Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 1994
Volume 2
Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. The Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gases: An Overview
3. Greenhouse Gases Emitted From Transportation Uses
Appendix A: The Chemistry and Physics of Global Warming: An Overview
Appendix B: Stability of Ozone
Appendix C: Combustion Chemistry of Alternative and Traditional Transportation Fuels
Appendix D: Greenhouse Gas Spectral Overlaps and Their Significance
Contacts Acknowledgments List of Acronyms List of Tables List of Figures

 

List of Tables

ES1. Total Fuel Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Gasoline and Alternative Transportation Fuels

1. Total Fuel Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Gasoline and Alternative Transportation Fuels

2. Composition of the Atmosphere

3. Atmospheric Water Vapor Concentrations, 1981-1994

4. Worldwide Vehicle Ownership Trends

5. Greenhouse Gases and Their Potential Contribution to Global Warming

6. Gasoline Exhaust Products per Vehicle Mile Traveled

7. Fuel Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled

8. Fuel Cycle Water Vapor Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled

9. Fuel Cycle Methane Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled

10. Fuel Cycle Nitrous Oxide Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled

11. Fuel Cycle Carbon Monoxide Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled

12. Fuel Cycle Nitrogen Oxides Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled

A1. Electromagnetic Spectrum

A2. Radiometric Units

D1. Overlap of Absorption Bands of Greenhouse Gases

D2. Efficiency of Heat Trapping by Greenhouse Gases and Clouds

List of Figures

ES1. Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled in Vehicle and Non-Vehicle Stages of the Fuel Cycle for Various Fuels

1. Carbon Dioxide Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled in Vehicle and Non-Vehicle Stages of the Fuel Cycle for Various Fuels

2. The Greenhouse Effect (Simplified Diagram)

3. Total Fuel Cycle Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled for Five Selected Fuels

4. Total Fuel Cycle Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled for Five Selected Fuels

5. Total Fuel Cycle Carbon Monoxide and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions per Vehicle Mile Traveled for Five Selected Fuels

A1. The Spectrum of Sunlight From the Zenith at the Surface of Earth

D1. Pareto Diagram of the Heat Trapping Efficiency of Greenhouse Gases and Clouds in the Atmosphere

 

Acknowledgments

EIA gratefully acknowledges the following persons, who provided extensive technical reviews of draft versions of this report:

Dr. Richard S. Lindzen
Arthur P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Greg Marland
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Mr. Paul McArdle
Office of Energy Demand Policy
U.S. Department of Energy

Prof. Mark A. Delucchi
Center for Transportation Studies
University of California at Davis

Dr. Sylvia Edgerton
Office of Health and Environmental Research
Office of Energy Research
U.S. Department of Energy

Dr. Margaret Singh
Transportation Systems Planner
Argonne National Laboratory

Prof. Patrick Michaels
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia

Listing of Commonly Used Acronyms

ATF: alternative transportation fuels
C: Celsius
CCM: Community Climate Model
CF3COOH: trifluoroacetic acid
CFC: chlorofluorocarbon
CH3Br: methyl bromide
CH4: methane
cm: centimeter
CNG: compressed natural gas
CnHm: nonmethane hydrocarbon
CO2: carbon dioxide
CO: carbon monoxide
EIA: Energy Information Administration
EPACT: Energy Policy Act of 1992
EPUB: EIA Electronic Publishing System
F: Fahrenheit
GCM: General Circulation Models
GHG: greenhouse gas
GWP: global warming potential
HCFC: hydrochlorofluorocarbon
H2O: water vapor
LPG: liquefied petroleum gas
m: micrometer
nm: nanometer
NMHC: nonmethane hydrocarbons
NOx: nitrogen oxides
N2O: nitrous oxide
O3: ozone
PFC: perfluorocarbon
UV: ultraviolet
VMT: vehicle mile traveled
W/m2: watts per square meter

CONTACTS
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