Transport and Sustainability
This free course explores the issues around sustainable transport and how the role of technology and society can interact to lower the overall impact of transport.
Description
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- outline the energy and environmental impacts of transport activities and their importance, and understand that behavioural changes have an important role in achieving transport sustainability
- carry out simple calculations on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and running costs and understand the possible limitations to their deployment
- describe the key differences between petrol and diesel engines
- describe the low-carbon fuels and vehicle technologies available to reduce emissions.
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Open Learn (The Open University)
19 active educational opportunities
The Open University Shop, Walton Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA
This free course explores the issues around sustainable transport and how the role of technology and society can interact to lower the overall impact of transport.
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