Transport fuels for the post-oil era

Charlesworth, G; Baker, Tom

doi:10.1016/0301-4215(78)90018-6

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“…More sceptical views on transport biofuels also emerged in this period including in the Brundtland report ( WCED, 1987 ) which highlighted water pollution from organic waste effluent. Charlesworth and Baker (1978) , dismissed biofuel (at that time, methanol or liquefied methane) as a substitute for petroleum-based transport fuels in the UK claiming it would require virtually all of the country's agricultural area. Although describing many renewables as technically promising, Grubb (1990a, 1990b) predicted a minor role for liquid biofuels as indigenous potential in many countries was limited by low conversion efficiency and availability of suitable land.…”

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Biofuels and the role of space in sustainable innovation journeys

Raman

Mohr

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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This paper aims to identify the lessons that should be learnt from how biofuels have been envisioned from the aftermath of the oil shocks of the 1970s to the present, and how these visions compare with biofuel production networks emerging in the 2000s. Working at the interface of sustainable innovation journey research and geographical theories on the spatial unevenness of sustainability transition projects, we show how the biofuels controversy is linked to characteristics of globalised industrial agricultural systems. The legitimacy problems of biofuels cannot be addressed by sustainability indicators or new technologies alone since they arise from the spatial ordering of biofuel production. In the 1970–80s, promoters of bioenergy anticipated current concerns about food security implications but envisioned bioenergy production to be territorially embedded at national or local scales where these issues would be managed. Where the territorial and scalar vision was breached, it was to imagine poorer countries exporting higher-value biofuel to the North rather than the raw material as in the controversial global biomass commodity chains of today. However, controversy now extends to the global impacts of national biofuel systems on food security and greenhouse gas emissions, and to their local impacts becoming more widely known. South/South and North/North trade conflicts are also emerging as are questions over biodegradable wastes and agricultural residues as global commodities. As assumptions of a food-versus-fuel conflict have come to be challenged, legitimacy questions over global agri-business and trade are spotlighted even further. In this context, visions of biofuel development that address these broader issues might be promising. These include large-scale biomass-for-fuel models in Europe that would transform global trade rules to allow small farmers in the global South to compete, and small-scale biofuel systems developed to address local energy needs in the South.

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Biofuels and the role of space in sustainable innovation journeys

Raman

Mohr

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…The mass utilization of electric vehicles (EVs) was proposed at the end of the 1970s as a remedy for an automobile market under the constraints of an oil shortage, high oil prices, and depletion of environmental resources (Blair, 1978;Charlesworth and Baker, 1978). Research efforts during more than three decades have focused on technological improvements, market penetration, and impact assessment of EVs (Blair, 1978;De Luchi et al, 1989;Giese et al, 1983;Hamilton, 1980;Kurani et al, 1994).…”

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The Recharging Infrastructure Needs for Long Distance Travel by Electric Vehicles: A Comparison of Battery-Switching and Quick-Charging Stations

Christensen

Kaplan

Jensen

et al. 2017

Advances in Geographic Information Science

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On-road electric vehicle recharging infrastructure is essential in the transformation of electric vehicles into a practical transportation option. This study focuses upon assessing the need for recharging infrastructure for long distance travel for a large market share of electric vehicles, finding the optimal infrastructure deployment, and understanding the economic, social and environmental costs and benefits associated with the optimal infrastructure deployment. The analysis considers quick-charging and battery-switching as plausible recharging technologies. Results show: (i) the promotion of electric vehicles is beneficial when considering economic costs and benefits for operators and users, tax redistribution, and environmental externalities, even with a relatively modest market share; (ii) the number of required recharging stations for satisfaction of the travel demand is at the magnitude of 1-2% of the current gasoline infrastructure, under the assumption of wide availability of off-road recharging at home and the workplace; (iii) the optimal deployment of the recharging stations is along the main national highways outside of urban conurbations, under the assumption of wide availability of home recharging; (iv) the battery-switching technology is far more attractive to the consumer than the quick-charging technology for long-distance travel requiring more than one recharging visit.

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1979

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Transport fuels for the post-oil era

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Biofuels and the role of space in sustainable innovation journeys

Biofuels and the role of space in sustainable innovation journeys

The Recharging Infrastructure Needs for Long Distance Travel by Electric Vehicles: A Comparison of Battery-Switching and Quick-Charging Stations

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