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Projections of highway vehicle population, energy demand, and CO 2 emissions in India to 2040
Author(s) -
Arora Salil,
Vyas Anant,
Johnson Larry R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01341.x
Subject(s) - tonne , environmental science , agricultural economics , population , natural resource economics , population growth , business , economy , economics , engineering , waste management , demography , sociology
This paper presents projections of motor vehicles, oil demand, and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions for India through the year 2040. The populations of highway vehicles and two‐wheelers are projected under three different scenarios on the basis of economic growth and average household size in India. The results show that by 2040, the number of highway vehicles in India would be 206‐309 million. The oil demand projections for the Indian transportation sector are based on a set of nine scenarios arising out of three vehicle‐growth and three fuel‐economy scenarios. The combined effects of vehicle‐growth and fuel‐economy scenarios, together with the change in annual vehicle usage, result in a projected demand in 2040 by the transportation sector in India of 404‐719 million metric tons (8.5‐15.1 million barrels per day). The corresponding annual CO 2 emissions are projected to be 1.2‐2.2 billion metric tons.