Global Warming and Other Environmental Consequences of Energy Strategies: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, March 13, 20, and April 26, 1991U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 332 pages |
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... trucks , those covered by CAFE are probably less than the number you said - about 20 percent of total U.S. CO2 emissions . But we believe we are addressing those sources . We're just not doing it in the way , maybe , that's been most ...
... trucks , those covered by CAFE are probably less than the number you said - about 20 percent of total U.S. CO2 emissions . But we believe we are addressing those sources . We're just not doing it in the way , maybe , that's been most ...
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... trucks accounting for half the total . Freight trucks are next at 21 percent , and air travel is the third largest , accounting for nine percent of the energies . Air has been , in fact , the most rapidly growing , 201.
... trucks accounting for half the total . Freight trucks are next at 21 percent , and air travel is the third largest , accounting for nine percent of the energies . Air has been , in fact , the most rapidly growing , 201.
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... trucks . Because the marketplace does not reflect the life cycle cost of energy conserving technologies , let alone environmental risks such as CO2 emissions , standards are an essential policy tool . Standards provide the steady signal ...
... trucks . Because the marketplace does not reflect the life cycle cost of energy conserving technologies , let alone environmental risks such as CO2 emissions , standards are an essential policy tool . Standards provide the steady signal ...
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... trucks . A recent study by ACEEE has identified a cost- effective potential for an 80 percent improvement of heavy truck fuel economy . That would reduce the CO2 emissions from the present value of about 2600 grams per mile , down to ...
... trucks . A recent study by ACEEE has identified a cost- effective potential for an 80 percent improvement of heavy truck fuel economy . That would reduce the CO2 emissions from the present value of about 2600 grams per mile , down to ...
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... trucks , and getting people into vans , buses , or mass transit . If consumers maintain their current preference for mid - size cars with powerful engines , new - car efficiencies of 39 mpg by 2000 and 55 mpg by 2010 might be possible ...
... trucks , and getting people into vans , buses , or mass transit . If consumers maintain their current preference for mid - size cars with powerful engines , new - car efficiencies of 39 mpg by 2000 and 55 mpg by 2010 might be possible ...
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Page 48 - Emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth's surface.
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Page 79 - Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I am Daniel Lashof, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Previously I was an Environmental Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency, where I was the lead author of the Report to Congress Policy Options for Stabilizing Global Climate. I hold a doctorate in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, where I specialized in the global carbon cycle. I appreciate the opportunity to appear...
Page 49 - There are many uncertainties in our predictions particularly with regard to the timing, magnitude and regional patterns of climate change, due to our incomplete understanding of: • sources and sinks of greenhouse gases, which affecl predictions of future concentrations.