{"id":12659,"date":"2015-01-23T18:58:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T00:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=12659"},"modified":"2016-03-23T18:59:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T23:59:48","slug":"californias-transportation-policies-must-create-solutions-to-deliver-benefits-both-at-home-and-outside-our-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2015\/01\/23\/californias-transportation-policies-must-create-solutions-to-deliver-benefits-both-at-home-and-outside-our-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s Transportation Policies Must Create Solutions to Deliver Benefits Both at Home and Outside Our Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"rp_Tim-Oconnor-picture-228x300.jpg\"<\/a>Make no mistake, California is a leader when it comes to improving air quality and deploying unprecedented amounts of cleaner, low-carbon fuels. However, despite years of efforts to cut vehicle emissions and reduce fossil fuel consumption, California remains in the top spot nationally for gasoline use, and is home to the top five most polluted cities<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n

In addition, as the state and surrounding region continues to cut petroleum usage and clean up the environment \u2013 yielding major climate benefits \u2013 economic growth in emerging markets across the world means that our efforts are being undercut by increases in use elsewhere.<\/p>\n

For California to truly deliver in in the fight against climate change, we must not only cut fossil fuel use and deploy cleaner alternatives at home, but also create solutions that deliver benefits abroad. In other words, we should aim to export our best transportation policies abroad \u2013 the ones that have helped California reduce fossil fuel use yet still help foster economic opportunities and growth.<\/p>\n

A range of current policies are helping drive new technologies that yield low carbon vehicles and fuels <\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past 15 years, California has given birth to the some of the most ambitious and successful climate change related transportation policies imaginable. For example, in 2002 the legislature adopted the Pavley Clean Cars law (AB 1493) which set greenhouse gas standards for automobiles. This law eventually led to new national vehicle efficiency standards and the production of a new wave of more efficient and cleaner cars and trucks.<\/p>\n

In 2007 the state adopted AB 118 (later reauthorized under AB 8 in 2013). This policy helped create major economic incentives for low-carbon fuel production, with both public and private dollars.<\/p>\n

Similarly, the state has in place a nation-leading cap-and-trade program and a Low Carbon Fuel Standard, both of which place a price on carbon to stimulate private investment in low-carbon vehicles and fuel technology. Like the Pavley car standards, the LCFS program is ripe for replication \u2013 with similar programs adopted or considered in both Oregon and Washington.<\/p>\n

Moving forward, California\u2019s dedication to cleaning up transportation is expected to continue as evidenced by a recent commitment by Governor Brown to cut petroleum use by 50% over the next 15 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Putting California in context<\/strong><\/p>\n

California, working in concert with states like Oregon and Washington, is making headway to develop and deploy transportation solutions. But home-grown solutions can only go so far toward battling climate change if they remain local. To make a real dent in climate change, our state policies must help<\/p>\n

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Agency<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

move people away from fossil fuels and inject new technologies into the global multi-trillion-dollar transportation fuels market.<\/p>\n

Case in point: The world\u2019s four largest countries not including the U.S. (China, India, Indonesia, and Brazil) are home to about three billion of the world\u2019s seven billion people. With a couple of exceptions due to fluctuations in Brazil\u2019s fuels market, petroleum use in these countries has been increasing steadily: both in total volume and in the amount used per person. Furthermore, accordingly to documents like Exxon\u2019s Energy Outlook report<\/a> \u2013 world oil consumption is expected to rise 19% over the next 25 years.<\/p>\n

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Source: ExxonMobil, The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As countries see their populations and spending power increase, this will likely be manifested through more cars, more traffic jams, and more pollution. In other words, the world\u2019s climate and public health is being further pushed to the brink because more people are spending more money to buy and burn more liquid fossil fuels every single year.<\/p>\n

California policy is spawning companies that are well-positioned to export low-carbon transportation solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Based on world petroleum use statistics, major investments across the world are going to be needed to cut world oil use and address climate change. And, as shown by California policy projections, the state and region has learned how to do it.<\/p>\n

For example, according to modeling we performed<\/a> in 2014, by 2025, under existing policies California will cut fuel use by 4.5 billion gallons of gas and diesel every year. Similarly, under new modeling<\/a> by the International Council on Clean Transportation, west coast clean fuels are likely to yield a reduced overall carbon intensity of on-road transportation fuels in the region by 14-21% by 2030.<\/p>\n

One major reason for California\u2019s and the larger region\u2019s transportation progress are the numerous business located here that are thriving by deploying fuel and vehicle solutions. In 2014, we mapped over 300 such companies in the low-carbon transportation space, many of which have been instrumental in California\u2019s recent success. And, as shown in the most recent energy policy report<\/a> by the California Energy Commission (CEC), the state gets about 8% of its fuel from alternatives and boasts world-leading penetration of electric, natural gas, and hydrogen vehicles.<\/p>\n

Deploying California solutions internationally is an old idea with new urgency<\/strong><\/p>\n

In April of 2014, economist Severin Bornstein wrote about the need and value of developing solutions that have a, \u201cgreater emphasis on technology creation, both in the lab and downstream, where a lot of the learning goes on.\u201d As Bornstein put it, California climate policy should \u201cinvent and develop the technologies that can replace fossil fuels, allowing the poorer nations of the world \u2013 where most of the world\u2019s population lives \u2013 to achieve low-carbon economic growth. If we can do that, we can avert the fundamental risk of climate change. If we don\u2019t do that, reducing California\u2019s carbon footprint won\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Consider the direct investment the state is making in developing and deploying transportation solutions. In the CEC\u2019s 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report update, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) detailed almost $500 million in investments in fuel, vehicle, and infrastructure technology that California has made recently. This is money on top of hundreds of millions being used to develop mass transit, fleet modernization, and clean vehicle deployment in the state.<\/p>\n

As California companies grow and thrive through the deployment of clean transportation solutions, their ability to capture market share in emerging markets will also grow. Not only will this provide new opportunity for business, but the spread of California transportation solutions across the globe will signal increased hope for the chance to solve climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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