Towards an Energy Policy for Transport : A Series of Papers Presented to the Watt Committee Consultative Council Held At the Royal Aeronautical Society in London On November 27th 1979 Watt Committee Report ; No. 7

Book Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Fuel type and its future availability......Page 7
Fuel type......Page 8
Fuel qualities......Page 9
Matching production and marketing......Page 10
A future scenario......Page 12
Discussion and conclusion......Page 14
EXTRACTS FROM DISCUSSION......Page 15
The making of a policy......Page 18
Future demand......Page 19
General approach to conservation......Page 20
Public transport......Page 21
Fuel efficiency—road transport......Page 22
Long term to 2025......Page 23
Electric vehicles......Page 24
Conclusions......Page 25
Road vehicles of the future......Page 27
1.  Smaller lighter cars......Page 28
3.  Stratified charge engines......Page 29
6.  Hybrid vehicles......Page 30
Commercial vehicles......Page 32
1.  Fuel cells......Page 33
2.  Hydrogen fuelled piston engines......Page 34
3.  Batteries......Page 35
References......Page 36
Prospect for energy conservation in the railways......Page 37
Prospect for energy conservation in the railways......Page 38
Energy saving in ships by optimum utilisation and long-term reduction in the use of fossil fuels......Page 50
2.  Energy saving depends secondly on technological changes......Page 51
2c.  Long-term energy saving......Page 52
3.  Inland waterways and coastal shipping......Page 53
4.  Can urban traffic learn anything from Venice’s waterways?......Page 54
Air transport energy requirements to 2025......Page 55
The passenger market......Page 56
Operations......Page 58
Technology......Page 59
Aerodynamics......Page 60
Structures and materials......Page 61
d)  Titanium......Page 62
Systems......Page 63
Active Control Technology......Page 64
Combined effect......Page 65
Fuel price......Page 66
Fuel type and availability......Page 67
Fuel usage......Page 69
EXTRACTS FROM DISCUSSION......Page 70
The telecommunications dimension......Page 72
1.  Introduction......Page 73
4.  The energy saving potential......Page 74
6.  The impacts of substitution......Page 76
References......Page 77
Transport and the consumer......Page 79
Transport and the consumer......Page 80
References......Page 87
EXTRACTS FROM DISCUSSION......Page 89
Towards an energy policy —a resume......Page 91
Towards an energy policy—a resume......Page 92
EXTRACTS FROM DISCUSSION......Page 94
General discussion points......Page 96
General discussion points......Page 97
Energy conservation and mass rapid transit......Page 98
The Mobile Producer......Page 99
Atmospheric pollution......Page 100
1)  Fuels of the future—‘synfuels’......Page 101
5)  Stirling engines......Page 102
The Mechanical Engineering and Machine Tools Requirements Board......Page 103
Outline of the R&D policy proposals......Page 104
Conclusion, in relation to The Watt Committee debate on ‘Towards an Energy Policy for Transport’......Page 105
Phase 1–1980–2000......Page 106
Phase 11–2000–2020......Page 107
References......Page 108
Epilogue......Page 109
THE WATT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY......Page 110
Watt Committee Reports......Page 112