The Arithmetic of Decarburization - Part 3: The Electric Drive: Calculating the Efficiency Revolution in Surface Transport
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Transport: The Hard-to-Decarbonize Sector # Transport accounts for about one-third of final energy consumption in most industrialized economies, and it remains overwhelmingly dependent on petroleum fuels. In Austria, the transport sector consumed 361 PJ in 2020—virtually all from oil-derived fuels.
Decarbonizing transport is therefore essential to any serious climate strategy. But which technology pathway makes the most sense from a physics standpoint?