T-1A1a-A-1 - Petrol cars

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in E-1A3b - Road Transportation.

Sustainability Category: Red

This activity significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and undermines climate mitigation efforts. The activity should be phased out or fundamentally transformed, with financing directed toward decommissioning, replacement with sustainable alternatives, or radical decarbonization where elimination is not immediately feasible.

Transition Elements

This activity has the following mitigation options modelled as transition elements:

• T-1A1a-TE-1 - Shift to electric cars
• T-1A1a-TE-2 - Shift to hydrogen cars
• T-1A1a-TE-3 - Ecodriving of cars
• T-1A1a-TE-4 - Improved car engine technology
• T-1A1a-TE-5 - Increase journey sharing
• T-1A1a-TE-6 - Shift from car to railway
• T-1A1a-TE-7 - Shift to online meetings and services
• T-1A1a-TE-8 - Shift from car to remote working
• T-1A1a-TE-9 - Biofuel for petrol cars
• T-1A1a-TE-10 - Shift to walking and cycling
• T-1A1a-TE-11 - Shift to electric bikes
• T-1A1a-TE-12 - Shift to travel by electric bus
• T-1A1a-TE-13 - Shift to travel by hydrogen bus
• T-1A1a-TE-14 - Shift to travel by LPG bus
• T-1A1a-TE-15 - Shift to travel by gas bus
• T-1A1a-TE-16 - Shift to travel by petrol bus
• T-1A1a-TE-17 - Shift to travel by diesel bus
• T-1A1a-TE-18 - Shift to trams, light rail and subway
• T-1A1a-TE-19 - Shift to gas cars
• T-1A1a-TE-22 - Improved urban planning

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description
emission_factor_ethanol_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor ethanol
emission_factor_petrol_kwh_to_co2e	g_co2e_kwh	Emission factor petrol WTW
energy_intensity_personal_vehicles_petrol	kwh_vehicle_km	Energy intensity petrol ICE
resource_proportion_ethanol	percent	Fuel proportion ethanol
resource_proportion_petrol	percent	Fuel proportion petrol
stock_growth_personal_vehicles_petrol	vehicle_km_percapita	Growth personal vehicles (petrol) per capita
stock_personal_vehicles_petrol	vehicle_km	Stock of personal vehicles (petrol) operation

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
ipccEmissionSource: 1a3b-road-transportation
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: stock_personal_vehicles_petrol
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - stock_growth_personal_vehicles_petrol
  primaryStock:
    name: personal_vehicles_petrol
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/vehicle_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_personal_vehicles_petrol
  input:
  - resource: ethanol
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_ethanol
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_ethanol_kwh_to_co2e
  - resource: petrol
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_petrol
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_petrol_kwh_to_co2e

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