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Increasing pressure on global reserves of petroleum at a time of growing demand for personal transport indeveloping countries, together with concerns over atmospheric pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, areleading to a requirement for more sustainable forms of road transport. Major improvements...

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Main Author: Dell, Ronald
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Moseley, P. T., Rand, D. A. J. (David Anthony James), 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Academic Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Transportation, Automotive > Environmental aspects.
Automobiles > Environmental aspects.
Motor vehicles.
Motor Vehicles
Transports routiers > Aspect de l'environnement.
Automobiles > Aspect de l'environnement.
Véhicules automobiles.
motor vehicles.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Motor vehicles
Automobiles > Environmental aspects
Transportation, Automotive > Environmental aspects
Electronic books.
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Summary:Increasing pressure on global reserves of petroleum at a time of growing demand for personal transport indeveloping countries, together with concerns over atmospheric pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, areleading to a requirement for more sustainable forms of road transport. Major improvements in the efficiencyof all types of road vehicles are called for, along with the use of fuels derived from alternative sources, orentirely new fuels. Towards Sustainable Road Transport first describes the evolution of vehicle designs andpropulsion technologies over the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (375 pages)
ISBN:9780124046917
0124046916
9781306881050
1306881056