Abstract
This is just-auto' s first report focusing on this topic of global importance,
future fuels. In it we take a look at auto fuel requirements and examine the
currently-available fuels for road vehicle propulsion - the gases, liquid
hydrocarbons, and their alternatives - as well as their likely developments,
forecasted out to 2020.
Any attempt to map the future of vehicle fuels must be centered on a set of
key questions, namely:
- How much fuel will be needed for the vehicle fleet to 2020?
- How much fuel is, and will be, available to meet this need?
- How urgent is the need to counter the threat of global warming?
- What means are available to enable us to counter this threat (and by
implication, also to counter the threat of crude oil exhaustion)?
- How quickly can such means be introduced?