Policy Conflict--Energy, Environmental, and Materials: Automotive Fuel-Economy Standards' Implications for Materials
EMD-80-22
Published: Feb 05, 1980. Publicly Released: Feb 05, 1980.
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A review focused on the fuel-economy standards for new cars and light trucks and how these regulations indirectly affect future price and availability of aluminum, iron and steel, plastics, and rhodium used by American industry. While previous evaluations of standards, enacted to reduce oil imports, were concerned with increasing fuel efficiency, the complex and competitive relationship between energy and material availability was never explicitly evaluated.
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Automobile industryCost effectiveness analysisFuel consumptionEconomic policiesEnergy demandFuel conservationFuel suppliesMineral resources conservationMotor vehicle standardsNet energy analysisStandards evaluation