Exam 11: Improving Air Quality: Controlling Mobile Sources

The two new national programs aimed at improving fuel efficiency and reducing GHG emissions are strictly command-and-control with no market-based initiatives.

Ethanol (E10) refers to

The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS)

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the United States

A tax credit for a clean fuel vehicle

Uniform standards

Ethanol (E10) is a blend of 10 percent gasoline and 90 percent ethanol and is known as gasohol.

The primary component of photochemical smog is

In the United States, the Air Quality Index (AQI)

Mobile source standards in the U.S. are solely benefit-based, which means they are set

Reformulated gasoline

According to the textbook application, China's demand for automobiles

Under the Clean Air Act, the emissions controls on mobile sources were set using benefit-cost analysis.

For the first time in U.S. history, the EPA has set GHG emissions standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks for model years 2012 through 2016 and for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model years 2014 through 2018.

According to the textbook application, hybrid vehicles

A benefit-based standard is one that

Used in certain nonattainment areas, the cleaner fuel that emits less hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and toxics than conventional gasoline is called oxygenated fuel.