Alternative Fuels Survey: A Survey of the Awareness of the Motoring Public in Auckland of Alternative Fuels and the Public and Commercial Responses to the November 1980 Incentives for Compressed Natural Gas

摘要

The primary objectives of this research were to assess the extent of the diffusion of awareness of alternative fuels among the general motoring public in Auckland; to define the degree to which people are aware of the package of measures designed to promote compressed natural gas (CNG) conversions announced by the Minister of Energy on 24th November 1980; and to determine the likely impact of the incentives of their decision whether or not to convert to CNG. It was also required to examine whether the motoring public have any predisposition towards CNG or liquefied petroleum gases (LPG). Paralleling these investigations, there was also an update of the NZERDC fleet operators survey with the objective of evaluating the extent of changes in attitudes and intentions among those respondents saying they did not intend to convert their vehicles. The research program is described and the results are summarized. (ERA citation 07:044022)