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Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Lifecycle Analyses of Transportation Fuels

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  • Delucchi, Mark
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Human activities associated with the production and use of energy and materials can pollute the air and water. Since the late 1960s concern about regional and local air pollution has led to the adoption of environmental laws and regulations regarding major polluting human activities, such as fuel use for transportation or electricity production. More recently, concern about the impact of human activities on global climate has led to discussions about ways to reduce emissions of the so-called "greenhouse gases" that affect global climate. In the United States and worldwide, the transportation sector is one of the largest sources of urban air pollutants and greenhouse-gases (GHGs). As a result, policy makers and analysts often evaluate the impact of transportation policies on urban air quality and on global climate. The tools available for evaluating impacts on urban air quality (emission-factor models, travel models, and air-quality models) are reasonably well developed, but some of the tools for evaluating impacts on global climate (namely, lifecycle emissions models) are rudimentary and incomplete. This paper discusses some of the methodological and data issues pertinent to using lifecycle analysis (LCA) to evaluate the impacts of transportation on global climate.

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  • Delucchi, Mark, 2004. "Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Lifecycle Analyses of Transportation Fuels," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt8n77n6z7, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdl:itsdav:qt8n77n6z7
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    1. Daniel M. Kammen & Alexander E. Farrell & Richard J. Plevin & Andrew D. Jones & Mark A. Delucchi & Gregory F. Nemet, 2007. "Energy and Greenhouse Impacts of Biofuels: A Framework for Analysis," OECD/ITF Joint Transport Research Centre Discussion Papers 2007/2, OECD Publishing.
    2. Rosa, Franco, 2008. "The LP Model to Optimize the Biofuel Supply Chain," 110th Seminar, February 18-22, 2008, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria 49889, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. Hongli Feng & Ofir D. Rubin & Bruce A. Babcock, 2008. "Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Ethanol from Iowa Corn: Life Cycle Analysis versus System-wide Accounting," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 08-wp461, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
    4. Lutsey, Nicholas P., 2008. "Prioritizing Climate Change Mitigation Alternatives: Comparing Transportation Technologies to Options in Other Sectors," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt5rd41433, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    5. Turner, Brian T. & Plevin, Richard J. & O'Hare, Michael & Farrell, Alexander E., 2007. "Creating Markets for Green Biofuels: Measuring and improving environmental performance," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings qt0mm0m9xm, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley.
    6. Yeh, Sonia & Sumner, Daniel A. & Kaffka, Stephen R. & Ogden, J & Jenkins, Bryan M., 2009. "Implementing Performance-Based Sustainability Requirements for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard – Key Design Elements and Policy Considerations," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt6bw3136s, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    7. Kammen, Daniel M. & Farrell, Alexander E & Plevin, Richard J & Jones, Andrew & Nemet, Gregory F & Delucchi, Mark, 2008. "Energy and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biofuels: A Framework for Analysis," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt5qw5g6q2, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
    8. Rajagopal, Deepak & Zilberman, David, 2008. "Environmental Lifecycle Assessment for Policy Decision-Making and Analysis," Lifecycle Carbon Footprint of Biofuels Workshop, January 29, 2008, Miami Beach, Florida 49090, Farm Foundation.
    9. Feng, Hongli & Rubin, Ofir D. & Babcock, Bruce, 2010. "Greenhouse gas impacts of ethanol from Iowa corn: Life cycle assessment versus system wide approach," ISU General Staff Papers 201006010700001482, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.

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