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"Transport emissions have grown in line with the population and economy.
Without intervention, the Australian government expects transport to be the
largest emissions source by 2030. So, cutting transport emissions is a crucial,
but challenging, element of the net-zero strategy.
Independent research estimated Australia would cut road transport emissions by
only 35-45% from 2019 to 2050. This is due to a projected increase in travel, a
sustained rise in sales of large passenger vehicles (SUVs, utes) and a delayed
uptake of electric trucks. It’s clear electrification of the on-road fleet is
not going to cut it.
The federal government notes:
Additional policy measures are thus required in an attempt to meet net zero
emissions in 2050 for the transport sector. One such option is mode shift,
the shift of passenger and freight travel from high emission modes to lower
emission modes.
Our comprehensive study of mode-shift impacts on emissions has been published
in two new papers. The first used the Inland Rail project linking Brisbane and
Melbourne as a case study of the emissions performance of land-based transport.
We examined well-to-wheel emissions (from fuel production, distribution and
use) for passenger and freight transport for three years: 2019, 2030 and 2050.
In Australia, we found electric rail is hands down the land transport mode with
the lowest emissions intensity (the amount of greenhouse gas produced per
kilometre travelled) for both passengers and freight. Compared to road and
diesel trains, electric rail could provide deep, fast and robust emission cuts
of 80% to 90% from 2030 onwards."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
