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.
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An excellent resource for students writing reports on EVs.,
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This book is a must read for anyone interested in electric vehicles and their possible role in the future of the United States transportation industry. Sperling's writing style is clear and easy to understand, and his ideas are well-developed and soundly grounded in science. This book makes an excellent resource for students writing on electric vehicles (the main reason I picked it up) or anyone simply interested in electric vehicles as an alternative form of transportation for themselves or their community. After reading, the reader is thoroughly convinced that the development and promotion of electric vehicles are necessary if we are to avert the impending ecological disaster caused by polluted air and the looming gas crunch.
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Informative. The future of American Transportation.,
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This book examines the existing transportation delema that we face, with the ever bourgening automobile mode of travel. The Future of sustainable Transportation is possible with new technologies, and is outlined in this book. A must read if you are worried about the tons of pollutants that you as an individual are pumping into the atmosphere
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I was disappointed to learn that the product was written in the 90's and only rereleased. From my point of view it is a bit of a scam to do so without full disclosure. I have read older books with still vaid ideas or technology but this one was very dated in light of more recent developments.
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United States, General Motors, Los Angeles, Palm Desert, Big Three, Department of Energy, New Generation Vehicle, California Air Resources Board, Big Seven, University of California, Amory Lovins, President Clinton New!
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- World Resources Pb (Save Our World) by Barbara James in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Alternative Fuels by Australian Minerals and Energy Council in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Fuel Cell Handbook by A. J. Appleby in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Transportation and Energy: Strategies for a Sustainable Transportation System (Aceee Books on Energy Policy and Energy Efficiency) by Daniel Sperling in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fuels to Drive Our Future by Institute of Medicine in Back Matter
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- Economics of Rural Land-use Change (Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) (Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics) by Kathleen P. Bell on page 54
- Nutrition and an Active Life: From Knowledge to Action (Scientific and Technical Publication) by Pan American Health Organization in Back Matter
- Road Ecology: Science and Solutions by Richard T.T. Forman in Back Matter
- Experimenting for Sustainable Transport: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management (Transport, Development and Sustainability Series) by Remco Hoogma on page 52
- The Hydrogen Energy Transition: Cutting Carbon from Transportation by Daniel Sperling on page 229
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