US EPA

9418592 

Book/Book Chapter 

Climatic Impacts of Green House Emissions A Case Study on the Public and Private Transportation Sectors of the Asia Pacific 

Shankaranarayanan, A; Amaldas, C 

2011 

International Proceedings of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering 

4 

125-129 

WOS:000392766200027 

Societies in Asia have always been plagued with development problems primarily related to imported fossil fuel dependence, fresh water availability, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management, transportation and other related problems. The majority of the Islands and rural regions in the Asia-Pacific suffer from large dependence on imported energy. Most developed economies such as Japan and Singapore and developing economies such as India, China and the Philippines deal with hosts of islands in the Asia-Pacific relying on fossil fuel based production and transportation. Among the list of Green House Gases (GHG), Carbon Di-Oxide (CO2) has always been the top most candidate towards emissions reduction in these countries. CO2 is well known for its contributions to Global Warming which is reason enough for people to perceive CO2 as a GHG that needs to be reduced. Until 2007, none of the scientists working on GHG emissions realized that PM emissions and particles such as Soot having high black carbon content were the major reasons for direct absorption of sunlight and a major contributor to Global Warming. The study investigates the need for finding alternate energy potentials in the transport sector which is one of the major contributors of Global Warming and climate change. Quantitative and Qualitative methods of data collection were utilized for the analyses of different types of energy sources and Bio-fuels commonly used by Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. A detailed case study of the use of Bio-fuels and battery technologies were compared and evaluated to various renewable energy sources adopted for use in Battery-operated Electric Vehicles (BEV) towards reducing GHG 'emissions' Detailed emissions calculations and results are also included for discussion. 

Green House Gases; Global Warming; Internal Combustion Engine; Battery-operated Electric Vehicles