@BOOKLET{Eng_2022,
title = "Engineering for Transformation",
abstract = "Abstract
We will address the role that low carbon fuels (not strictly “carbon
free” fuels, but those with low carbon intensity) can and should play
in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To some, it seems a foregone
conclusion that the days of the internal combustion engine are
nearing an end, and that the fastest path to “zero carbon emissions”
is through adoption of electric vehicles. But bringing down fossil
carbon emissions immediately can yield tremendous improvements
with regard to the climate crisis, in contrast with waiting for electric
vehicles to penetrate the market, and electricity production to be
deeply de-carbonized. Widespread and immediate adoption of
low carbon intensity renewable fuels can provide dramatic carbon
intensity reductions, overnight, when used in the vehicles we drive
today. But both the pursuit of electrification of the transportation
sector and adoption of low carbon fuels runs into a major practical
challenge – achieving major reductions in reducing fossil carbon
emissions at scale. Replacing 20 million barrels a day of petroleum
presents a daunting barrier to addressing the climate crisis. We
will take a realistic look at these questions, and recommend a path
forward that uses both strategies, based on life cycle analysis and
experimental studies with engines and vehicles.",
year = 2022,
url = "https://repositorio.ufps.edu.co/handle/ufps/6516",
}