Fuel Economy and Synfuels – A Comparison of Strategies for Maintaining Automotive Mobility 801343
Two strategies for maintaining automotive mobility - improvement of fuel economy, and production of synthetic fuels - are compared with regard to their potential for replacement of petroleum, their investment requirements, and marginal consumer cost. If the necessary capital can be made available, the strategies can be competetive with expected prices of imported petroleum, and can replace 2.9 million barrels per day (MBD) of petroleum by 1990 and 6.1 MBD by 2000.
Citation: Shackson, R. and Leach, H., "Fuel Economy and Synfuels – A Comparison of Strategies for Maintaining Automotive Mobility," SAE Technical Paper 801343, 1980, https://doi.org/10.4271/801343. Download Citation
Author(s):
Richard Shackson, H. James Leach
Affiliated:
Mellon institute
Pages: 10
Event:
1980 SAE International Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Engines, Fuels and Lubricants-A Perspective on the Future-SP-0471
Related Topics:
Fuel economy
Synthetic fuels
Mobility
Production
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