Identifies and describes New Zealand's options for replacing fossil liquid fuels with renewable energy and shows how New Zealand can eliminate fossil liquid fuels from its economy by 2040. Explains why New Zealand does not need to change vehicle technology and shows why inflation-adjusted fuel costs will be no greater in 2040 than they are today. Describes a realistic plan for eliminating fossil liquid fuels from New Zealand's economy by 2040.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1: Fossil Fuels Must Be Eliminated -- 2: How New Zealand Uses Liquid Fuel -- 3: Internal Combustion Engines -- 4: Battery Vehicles -- 5: Battery Vehicles - Generating the Power -- 6: Battery Vehicles - Distributing the Power -- 7: Battery Vehicles - Prospects -- 8: Hybrid Vehicles -- 9: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles -- 10: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles - Infrastructure -- 11: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles - Prospects -- 12: Synthetic Fuels - Fischer-Tropsch -- 13: Energy Forests -- 14: Synthetic Fuels - Hydrothermal Liquefaction -- 15: Biofuel from Aquatic Algae -- 16: Alternative Biofuels - Biodiesel -- 17: Alternative Biofuels - Ethanol -- 18: Assessing the Options -- 19: How to Carbon-Neutralise New Zealand's Fuel Supply -- 20: The Carbon-Neutral Fuel Market -- 21: A Strategy for Action -- 22: The Global Context -- Afterword: Population -- About the Author -- Notes.

Author Biography

Kevin Cudby has written dozens of articles for magazines in New Zealand and elsewhere. He has a solid background as a manufacturing and development engineer in the electronics industry. Deconstructing technology is one of his strongest skills. He has been a professional journalist since 2004, with a special interest in stories about energy, transport, and seafaring. He is best known for his many articles in Boating New Zealand and e.nz (published by The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand). He is also an accomplished technical writer who enjoys converting difficult new concepts into simple, straightforward stories. Born in Lower Hutt some decades before the beginning of the twenty-first century, he shares his life with his wife Diana and one cat. When he is not writing, fishing, or relaxing, he teaches introductory seamanship at a Wellington-based sailing academy.