Fuel for thought - the future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities

Summary

Fuel for thought – The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities was compiled by the Future Fuels Forum, an initiative led by the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship.

The Forum brought together 18 leading representatives from Australia’s community, industry and government to share ideas and develop a range of options for our nation’s transport fuel future, determining what could potentially get us ‘from A to B’ by the middle of the century.

Report contents are as follows:

• Executive summary
• Chapter 1: The future will demand change
  • Paying heed to our vulnerability
  • A new era: expected changes in price and availability of oil products
  • A challenge and an opportunity
• Chapter 2: Social impacts of changing Australia’s transport fuel mix
  • Possible economic impacts
  • Impact of additional transport sector policies
• Chapter 3: The role of consumers and industry in shaping a response
  • Uncertain times ahead
  • New industry fuel supply chains
• Chapter 4: The role of government in shaping a response
  • Picking winners versus market based instruments
  • A balancing act
  • Integrating responses
• Chapter 5: the role of technology and travel preferences
  • Australia’s travel preferences
  • Fuel and vehicle technology
• Chapter 6: The role of cities
• References
• Abbreviations

Read Modelling of the future of transport fuels in Australia for a more detailed technical analysis of the modelling used by the Future Fuels Forum.

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