By Tom Beer, Tim Grant, Geoff Morgan, Jack Lapszewicz, Peter Anyon, Jim Edwards, Peter Nelson, Harry Watson and David Williams

CSIRO in association with The University of Melbourne, the Centre for Design at RMIT, Parsons Australia Pty Ltd and Southern Cross Institute of Health Research

URL: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/transport/comparison/

Structure of the Report

The report consists of three main parts. Part 1 consists of 15 chapters, each of which provides a summary of the salient points of each fuel, with a graphical representation of the emissions from the fuel, the reference fuel, and similar fuels, together with a representation of the uncertainty associated with the emissions. There is no summary description of low sulfur diesel because it is the reference fuel against which all subsequent heavy vehicle fuels are examined. The first chapter of Part 1 provides information on the background of the study.

Part 2 consists of detailed chapters on each fuel. These provide a literature review for each fuel, a description of the upstream and tailpipe emissions along with an explanation of the assumptions made in the quantitative modelling, the numerical results on which the graphical information in Part 1 is based, as well as the uncertainty estimates. In addition, each chapter provides details of the viability and functionality, health effects, environmental issues and expected future emissions associated with each fuel.

Part 3 consists of supporting chapters that discuss possible weighting methodologies for examining air quality emissions, and the modelling approach for the estimates of future emissions.