COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF FUEL SUBSTITUTION FROM DIESEL TO NATURAL GAS IN URBAN BUSES IN SAO PAULO METROPOLITAN REGION

Vivian Mac Knight () and Carlos Eduardo Young ()
Additional contact information
Vivian Mac Knight: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Revista de Economia Mackenzie (REM), 2009, vol. 7, issue 3, 24-36

Abstract: This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis of a hypothetical project for converting urban diesel buses into compressed natural gas (CNG) in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP). Environmental valuation techniques were used to estimate the benefits of the air quality improvement due to fuel switch, due to the reduction of particulate matter (PM10) concentration. The costs of the project were calculated by the costs of converting diesel buses into CNG. The results show that the social benefits from the project largely exceed the conversion costs, thus indicating that it would contribute significantly to the welfare of the affected population.

Keywords: Environmental valuation; Air pollution; Compressed natural gas. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/rem/article/view/1432/2453 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aft:journl:v:7:3:2009:sep:dec:p:24-36

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Revista de Economia Mackenzie (REM) from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Social and Applied Sciences Center Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie (IPM) ().