Abstract: In the United States, the 136 million vehicles on our roads account for 46,000 annual traffic deaths, 20 to 25 percent of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, 20 percent of chlorofluorocarbon emissions, and the continuing transformation of countless ecosystems into highway ramps and parking lots. We must, now, improve dramatically the efficiency of our automotive fleet in response to these mounting economic and environmental threats. Congress has before it several global-warming bills with fuel-economy provisions. Most aim to get the country back to the pace of fuel-economy improvements attained in the late 1970s and early 1980s when efficiency doubled over a 14 year period. The technology and policy tools are available. Further improvements in automotive emissions and efficiency are mutually compatible. Now policy makers must wield the right tools, skillfully and soon, to fix the problem.
Publication Year: 1990
Publication Date: 1990-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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