Future Drive Electric Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation |
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| Author:
| Sperling, Daniel |
| Contribution by:
| Delucchi, Mark A.
Davis, Patricia M.
Burke, A. F. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55963-328-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1994 |
| Publisher: | Island Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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In Future Drive, Daniel Sperling addresses the adverse energy and environmental consequences of increased travel, and analyzes current initiatives to suggest strategies for creating a more environmentally benign system of transportation. Groundbreaking proposals are constructed around the idea of electric propulsion as the key to a sustainable transportation and energy system. Other essential elements include the ideas that:
In Future Drive, Daniel Sperling addresses the adverse energy and environmental consequences of increased travel, and analyzes current initiatives to suggest strategies for creating a more environmentally benign system of transportation. Groundbreaking proposals are constructed around the idea of electric propulsion as the key to a sustainable transportation and energy system. Other essential elements include the ideas that:
- improving technology holds more promise than large-scale behavior modification
- technology initiatives must be matched with regulatory and policy initiatives
- government intervention should be flexible and incentive-based, but should also embrace selective technology-forcing measures
- more diversity and experimentation is needed with regard to vehicles and energy technologies
Sperling evaluates past and current attempts to influence drivers and vehicle use, and articulates a clear and compelling vision of the future. He formulates a coherent and specific set of principles, strategies, and policies for redirecting the United States and other countries onto a new sustainable pathway.