RUSTIC OPINIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND APPLICATION OF CARBON PASSBOOK － A CASE STUDY OF PROMOTING BICYCLES

• Main Authors: Kao, Yungchieh, 高詠傑
• Other Authors: Lee, Yuhming
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88846497770331222875

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 自然資源與環境管理研究所在職專班 === 100 === In order to face the threats of climate change, every country tries to carry out policies and measures of energy saving and carbon reduction aggressively, such as: the promotion of low-carbon vehicles and implementing low-carbon living. Low-carbon vehicles generally use manpower, animal power or renewable energy to propel, such as: solar- and wind-powered car, bicycle or other transportation using manpower as driving force. Mobile emission sources like automobiles with extensive use of fossil fuel in the past resulted in increasing problems of air pollution, and it’s also the major reason that caused gradually increased concentration of green house gases. Today and therefore, green thinking has been considered as universal value, while various countries are now advocating sustainable industries and developing green energy technologies, they competitively develop low-carbon transportation, travel and living with implementing low-carbon living by way of using green, low-carbon and zero-carbon vehicles. Among the vehicles which mentioned above, bicycle is a unique style because of the characteristics of non-engine, no use of fossil fuel and zero emission, which becomes new option of leisure or even vehicle of transport in the trend of promoting low-carbon living. Furthermore, the superiority of bicycle over other vehicles is the character of zero emission, riding bicycles instead of other vehicles will substantially reduce the carbon emission and contribute to extending the exploitation period of non-renewable energy. The study discussed the aforementioned benefits in the way of carbon passbook, also combined the concept of low-carbon travel which being promoted in many developed countries currently, converted the kilometers of bicycle riding into carbon money, which considered as carbon reduction benefits; then upload data to the servers in the clouds by internet and write in the individual carbon passbook. Thereafter, participants get reward for their work of carbon reduction by operating in coordination of other incentive mechanism, and then integrate the low-carbon life thinking into personal attitudes, behaviors and daily lives. Energy saving and carbon reduction are the main developing direction of various countries, the calculation of carbon reduction benefits measurement is not only being calculated on the basis of country, but also can be extended to each individual; reducing carbon emission from personal reduction behaviors.