This presentation was part of a symposium on Materials and Critical Societal Issues held during the Materials Science and Technology 2004 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 2004. This presentation examines several scenarios of emergent vehicle technology penetration including both material and propulsion changes. The implications of these shifts on primary consumption and secondary supply are discussed, and results from related studies on the evolution of fuel use and fossil resource consumption are compared.

Source: R. Kirchain, J. Clark, F. Field and R. Roth. "The Role of Materials in Sustainable Mobility - Examining Long-Term Vehicular Materials Usage". JOM-e. January 2005.
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