Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress

Yacobucci, Brent D.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Energy;    Electric vehicles;    Alternative fuels;    Transportation;   

RP-ID  :  IB10128
RP-ID  :  IB10128 2005-02-28

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This issue brief discusses the increasing attention being paid to alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles, the proponents of which point to their potential to improve urban air quality, decrease dependence on foreign oil, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The brief also discusses the major barriers currently preventing widespread use of such technologies, and discusses these technologies in the particular contexts of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes and the Energy Policy Act of 2005.