Full Title: Climate Tech Book: Transportation Sector Overview
Author(s): Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Publisher(s): Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Publication Date: March 1, 2011
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Description (excerpt):
Over 25 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from the transportation sector, making transportation the second largest source of GHG emissions in the United States after the electric power sector. The transportation sector consists of passenger cars and light-duty trucks (also referred to as passenger vehicles), medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and rail, marine, and air transport. Of the various transportation modes, passenger vehicles consume the most energy. GHG emissions mirror energy use by each mode, because all modes use petroleum fuels with similar carbon contents and thus GHG emissions.