Energy Management Strategies - Lecture 13

Bryant University Energy Management Strategies (Sci355) Course Lecture Notes Site Map Week 11: Transportation Issues CLASSROOM DISCUSSION TOPICS Energy and Transportation Fossil Fuels & Cars Transit Possibilities Renewable Energy Choices US Transportation Picture Right vs. Privilege of Car Ownership Private cars as symbols of success Inefficient internal combustion engines Advantageous to fossil fuel industry New designs are slow to be accepted Government subsidies for fossil fuels Failure to enforce air pollution standards US Transportation Picture (continued) Reluctant utilization of mass transit Inefficiency of train & bus systems More money for roads than for railroads Inconvenient schedules Lack of timely departures Failure to maintain routes & times Future Transportation Systems Questions to be addressed: How to improve ridership and change consumer mindsets How to fund the needed changes in infrastructure How to design better technologies for moving people and goods How to implement more cost-effective solutions New Transportation Technology Electric Vehicles (Evs) Commercially available Hybrid Vehicles (combinations of electric and gasoline powered engines) Natural Gas powered vehicles (used widely for government and industry fleets) Alternatively powered trains Virtual offices (moving ideas, not people) Top of Page

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