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Exhausting our options : fuel efficient cars and the environment
- Title
- Exhausting our options : fuel efficient cars and the environment / Leonie J. Archer.
- Author
- Archer, Léonie J.
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | TL151.6 .A723 1992g | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
- Description
- 132 pages; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- OIES papers on energy and the environment ; EV14
- Uniform Title
- OIES papers on energy and the environment ; EV14.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographic references.
- Contents
- 1. Design Features and Environmental Damage: the current state of affairs. 1.1. The Internal Combustion Engine and the Shell it Drives. 1.2. Diesel versus Gasoline. 1.3. 'Dirty Derv'. 1.4. Impact on Human Health of Diesel Soot. 1.5. Possible Carcinogenicity of Diesel Soot. 1.6. Lead and Benzene. 1.7. Synergistic Action of Exhaust Gases. 1.8. Noise Pollution. 1.9. Safety on the Roads -- 2. Routes to Greater Efficiency: Technologies. 2.1. The Modified Diesel Engine. 2.2. The Modified Gasoline Engine. 2.3. Efficiency Designs Shared by Both Engine Types -- 3. Routes to Greater Efficiency: the Trade-offs. 3.1. The Modified Diesel Engine. 3.1.1. Efficiency Enhancing Technologies. 3.1.2. Pollution Control and Remedial Technologies. 3.2. The Modified Gasoline Engine. 3.2.1. Efficiency Enhancing Technologies. 3.2.2. Pollution Control and Remedial Technologies. 3.3. New Body Designs and Construction Materials -- 4. Conclusion.
- Appendix: Alternative Fuels Efficiency Characteristics and Trade-offs. A.1.1 Alcohols. A.1.2 Natural Gas Fuels. A.1.3 Hydrogen. A.1.4 Electric Vehicles.
- ISBN
- 0948061723
- OCLC
- ocm27470603
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries