The environmental footprint of transport by car using renewable energy

Bunyod  Holmatov; Arjen Y. Hoekstra

doi:10.1029/2019EF001428

The environmental footprint of transport by car using renewable energy

Bunyod Holmatov, Arjen Y. Hoekstra

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Replacing fossil fuels in the transport sector by renewable energy will help combat climatechange. However, lowering greenhouse gas emissions by switching to alternative fuels or electricity cancome at the expense of land and water resources. To understand the scale of this possible trade‐off, wecompare and contrast carbon, land, and water footprints per driven km in midsize cars utilizingconventional gasoline, biofuels, bioelectricity, solar electricity, and solar‐based hydrogen. Results show thatsolar‐powered electric cars have the smallest environmental footprints per km, followed by solar‐basedhydrogen cars, and that biofuel‐driven cars have the largest footprints.

Original language	English
Journal	Earth's Future
Volume	8
Issue number	2
Early online date	31 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001428
Publication status	Published - Feb 2020

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Sustainable development
biofuel
environmental assessment
environmental footprint
hydrogen
renewable energy

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An integrative approach to reducing land, water, and carbon footprint of global energy consumption in the transport sector
Holmatov, B., 6 Nov 2020, Enschede: University of Twente. 136 p.
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An integrative approach to reducing land, water, and carbon footprint of global energy consumption in the transport sector

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