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Two Billion Cars
Driving Toward Sustainability
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1. Surviving Two Billion Cars
Transportation Trends: Headed in the Wrong Direction
Roadmap to Survival
Hard Work Ahead
2. Beyond the Gas-Guzzler Monoculture
Internal Combustion: From the Model T to Cars on Steroids
The Quest for a Better Engine: Electric Drive Technology
Beyond Cars: New Options for Personal Mobility
The Coming Transformations
3. Breaking Detroit's Hold on Energy and Climate Policy
The Making of the Detroit Mindset
The Jolt of Japanese Competition
Moving Detroit Toward Green
4. In Search of Low-Carbon Fuels
Petroleum Fuels in Transition
Alternative Fuels Past, Present, and Future
Steps Toward a Post-Petroleum World
5. Aligning Big Oil with the Public Interest
The Changing Oil Supply
Unconventional Oil: Savior or Disaster?
The Changing Oil Industry
Big Oil's Environmental Epiphany
Big Carrots and Big Sticks
6. The Motivated Consumer
The Car-Centric American
From Mean to Green: Shifting Consumer Identities
Aligning Incentives with Socially and Environmentally Responsible Behavior
7. California's Pioneering Role
From Smog and Sprawl to Environmental Leadership
Leadership in Climate and Air Quality Policy
Leadership in Clean Energy Technology
The Trendsetting California Consumer
California's Ripple Effect
8. Stimulating Chinese Innovation
China's Extreme Makeover
Toward an Enlightened Car Policy
Innovations That Might Spread From China
How the Rest of the World Can Help China Help Us All
9. Driving Toward Sustainability
Imagining Futurama III
Our Strategy for Getting There
Transforming Vehicles
Transforming Fuels
Transforming Consumer and Local Government Behavior
Realizing the Vision
less321 pages; ISBN 9780199704095
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- Academic > Economics > Transportation and communications > Automotive transportation
- Science > Environmental Science
- Political Science > City Planning & Urban Development
- Political Science > Economic Policy
- Political Science > Public Policy
- Business > Industries > Automobile Industry
- Business > Environmental Economics

