Full Title: Policies that Work: How Vehicle Standards and Fuel Fees Can Cut CO2 Emissions and Boost the Economy
Author(s): Drew Kodjak, Francisco Posada Sanchez and Laura Segafredo
Publisher(s): International Council on Clean Transportation
Publication Date: July 1, 2012
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Description (excerpt):
Government policies to improve energy efficiency and reduce air pollution from motor vehicles have reaped outstanding benefits:
They have decreased oil consumption, lowered greenhouse gas emis- sions, and increased investment in innovative technologies—all at a net savings to society.
Road transportation contributes a sixth of the world’s energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. As car ownership in China, India, and develop- ing countries continues to explode, vehicle emissions and oil consumption will skyrocket unless nations adopt effective policies to rein them in.