Fuels for Transportation

Bertil B. Fredholm; Bengt Nordén

doi:10.1007/s13280-010-0062-z

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Bertil B. Fredholm,^* Bengt Nordén^**

^*Bertil B. Fredholm () is professor of Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. He has chaired and is now a member of the Nobel committee for Physiology or Medicine. His research is centered on receptors with a special focus on those that mediate actions of caffeine. Address: Energy Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. Address: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. e-mail: bertil.fredholm@ki.se
^**Bengt Nordén Professor of Physical Chemistry of Chalmers University of Technology, has chaired the Nobel Committee for Chemistry and the Chemistry Section of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His research includes spectroscopical studies of complex systems, with focus on structure, interactions, and energy transfer of biological systems in solution. Address: Energy Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. Address: Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.

Abstract

There is a need to reduce the amount of fossil energy used for transport, both because of the easily available fossil fuel is becoming sparser and because of climate concerns. In this article, the concept of “peak oil” is briefly presented. Second, a practical approach to reduction of fossil fuel use for transport elaborated by two British commissions is presented. A key feature is the introduction of electric cars. This raises the third issue covered in this article: namely, how battery technology is going to meet the increasing needs posed by the transport sector.

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Bertil B. Fredholm and Bengt Nordén "Fuels for Transportation," AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 39(sp1), 31-35, (1 July 2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0062-z

Published: 1 July 2010