Green Transportation Basics
A Green Energy Guide
Seiten
2010
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-619-3 (ISBN)
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-619-3 (ISBN)
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Helps you in greening your personal driving habits by improving the efficiency of an existing vehicle using simple measures such as trip planning and regular maintenance to improve fuel economy. This guide explores the various green cars and trucks, including electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and natural-gas cars.
Our automobile culture is devastating for the environment, but private passenger vehicles are unlikely to disappear from our roads anytime soon. Greener cars and fuels will be a necessity for many years to come. This is a guide to greening your personal driving habits by dramatically improving the efficiency of an existing vehicle using simple measures such as trip planning and regular maintenance to improve fuel economy. This handy guide also explores the most promising new green cars and trucks, including electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and natural-gas cars. And it critically examines sustainable fuels including ethanol, biodiesel, straight vegetable oil, hydrogen, and biomethane, evaluating each according to a set of established criteria. Each green fuel source must: be socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable; have a high net energy yield; be clean, abundant, renewable, affordable. Don't let your dream of greening your transportation idle this book will guide you through the myths and misconceptions and provide clear options for the road to a more sustainable future.
Our automobile culture is devastating for the environment, but private passenger vehicles are unlikely to disappear from our roads anytime soon. Greener cars and fuels will be a necessity for many years to come. This is a guide to greening your personal driving habits by dramatically improving the efficiency of an existing vehicle using simple measures such as trip planning and regular maintenance to improve fuel economy. This handy guide also explores the most promising new green cars and trucks, including electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and natural-gas cars. And it critically examines sustainable fuels including ethanol, biodiesel, straight vegetable oil, hydrogen, and biomethane, evaluating each according to a set of established criteria. Each green fuel source must: be socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable; have a high net energy yield; be clean, abundant, renewable, affordable. Don't let your dream of greening your transportation idle this book will guide you through the myths and misconceptions and provide clear options for the road to a more sustainable future.
Dan Chiras is a respected educator and author who has published nearly 30 books on renewable energy and sustainable living, including "Power From the Sun" and "Power from the Wind." Dan is the director of The Evergreen Institute, where he teaches workshops on green transportation, including green fuels and vehicles and electric car conversion.
Verlagsort | Gabriola Island |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 204 mm |
Gewicht | 227 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-86571-619-6 / 0865716196 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-86571-619-3 / 9780865716193 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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