Technical and Economic Feasibility of Electric Tractors in US Agriculture

摘要

The current energy use patterns on selected farms were identified. Models of electric-powered vehicles for both the near term and long term were specified. Five possible scenarios of price increases, net of inflation, for various power sources as well as fertilizers and pesticides were projected. The impacts of electric vehicles on different US farms in 1980 under the specified technical and current economic conditions were assessed. The impacts of electric vehicles on US farms were projected under various economic scenarios for 1990. (ERA citation 08:033933)