期刊名称：IAEE Energy Forum (formerly: IAEE Newsletter)
印刷版ISSN：1093-4243
电子版ISSN：1944-3188
出版年度：2003
卷号：4
出版社：International Association for Energy Economics
摘要：Introduction
This paper reviews life cycle analyses of alternative automotive engine technologies in terms of both their private and societal (that is, inclusive of externalities and net of taxes and subsidies) costs. The economic viability of hydrogen-based technologies is shown to be heavily dependent upon the removal of these market distortions. In other words, the removal of subsidies to oil-based technologies and the appropriate pricing of oil products to reflect the environmental damage (local, regional, and global) created by their combustion are essential policy strategies for stimulating the development of hydrogen-based renewable energy technologies in the transportation sector. However, a number of non-quantifiable policy objectives are also of significance in the planning of future technology options. Currently, the most important of these would appear to be security of oil supplies and associated transportation and distribution systems.
