Estimating present and future fuel consumption impacts of higher speed limits

Author

Wicks, Frank

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Union Coll., Schenectady, NY, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

11-16 Aug 1996

Firstpage

1577

Abstract

This is the 100th anniversary of the American car. It has dramatically changed in form over the last 100 years, and it will and must change in the future. The recent years of abundant gasoline at low prices has resulted in reversing of initiatives that had been taken to help conserve energy resources. One of these initiatives is the highway speed limits. While the public consensus is now for higher speed limits it should be understood that lower speed limits represent part of the best policy if future generations are to continue to enjoy the personal vehicle

Keywords

automobiles; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; energy conservation; fuel; internal combustion engines; USA; automobile; electric vehicle; energy policy; energy resource conservation; fuel consumption impacts; gasoline; personal vehicle; speed limits; Automobiles; Educational institutions; Energy resources; Fuels; Internal combustion engines; Mechanical engineering; Petroleum; Road safety; Road transportation; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3547-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1996.553335

Filename

553335