Transportation market

For passenger car seating about 90% is made by the molded foam process. The transportation market has expedenced a decline since 1979 due to decreased automotive production and also because U.S. cars have been downsized, resulting in the use of less polyurethane foam per car. 

The railways and watciways should continue to secure a larger share of the freight transportation market due to the energy efficiency advantages they... 

Regulations and Subsidies That Hove Distorted Energy Use in the Freight Transportation Market... 

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The automotive transportation market, with a consumption estimated variously from 5% up to 13% of the thermoplastics total according to the region considered, is the third outlet for thermoplastics. It is also an important sector for thermoplastic composites and TPEs. 

Several exceptional features explain the high level of thermoplastics and thermoplastic composites used for the automotive transportation market ... 

Early expectations of very low emissions and relatively high efficiencies have been met in power plants with each type of fuel cell. Fuel flexibility has been demonstrated using natural gas, propane, landfill gas, anaerobic digester gas, military logistic fuels, and coal gas, greatly expanding market opportunities. Transportation markets worldwide have shown remarkable interest in fuel cells nearly every major vehicle manufacturer in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East is supporting development. 

Hydrogen production based on gasification (biomass, residues or coal) should be further assessed, to lay the basis for a broader feedstock for hydrogen as well as for a dramatic reduction of GHG emissions. In this context the general distribution of biomass to stationary and transport markets needs to be addressed on a political level. Similarly C02 capture... 

An important area for PVC is the water transportation market and there has been competition from polyolefins in this area. The PVC producers have responded by introducing foam core pipe, for improved cost effectiveness. In another development, orientation during processing gives improved impact resistance (195). More details follow in subsequent sections. 

The critical link between renewables and transport markets... 

These speakers, and surprisingly large numbers of other energy experts, suggest to me that it is important for government leaders to resist picking winners or losers for the future U.S. transportation market. 

AFV penetration has been most successful in markets that are small, well-defined, and with limited competition, such as in the transit bus, garbage truck, school bus, and taxi markets. Yet these are the same markets least likely to catalyze broader market penetration. Some have suggested alternative fuels, especially battery electric vehicles, may be able to carve out new market niches as "disruptive technologies" that serve unmet consumer needs (Christensen, 1997). Yet the size, scale, and diversity of the existing transportation market works against this by providing a huge portfolio of options for almost every consumer transportation need. 

Bituminous Coal Institute, Washington, D. C. Bituminous Coal Annual Facts and Figures, annual. Statistical survey of coal industries, including data on reserves, production, transportation, marketing, and labor conditions. 

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