The United States, at 13.4 million barrels/day, is by far the largest supplier of crude in the world. Saudi Arabia is second at 10.8 million barrels/day.
Tag: gasoline
From Guest Blogger John Cadogan: Ethanol — It’s a Gas
A war of rhetoric has erupted in the USA over Washington’s plan to compel refiners to increase the proportion of ethanol in gasoline. Carmakers are warning owners against using ethanol blends higher than 10 per cent, saying warranty claims might …
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Tagged with: auto industry, Automobile, E-15, ethanol, gas, gasoline, national energy security, renewable fuels
Electric Transportation: Short-Term Challenges, Long-Term Promise
I wrote a piece yesterday about the struggles of Project Better Place, the attempt to sell large populations of car drivers on the concept of adopting electric vehicles, and paying a certain price per mile driven, using leased batteries that, …
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Piezoelectric Generation in Roadways
Regarding my response on piezoelectric generation in roadways, Nick writes: I had no idea they produced such a small amount of energy though I did realize they were expensive. Well, I haven’t done the math, but just following the broad …
Transportation's New Paradigm for the 21st Century
I had lunch today with David Raney, one of the most accomplished professionals in the automotive industry. About a month ago, I had introduced 2GreenEnergy transportation guru Dan Sturges to him, and I thought it would be a good idea …
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Tagged with: 21st Century transportation, alternative fuel vehicles, automotive industry, car ownership, car-sharing, Dan Sturges, David Raney, diesel, ecological consequences, ecology, Electric Vehicles, environment, EVs, fossil fuels, Future of Transportation, gasoline, mass transit, new paradigm for transportation, oil companies, ride-sharing, sustainability, urban congestion, walking and bicycling
U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe: Undermining U.S. Security
I really can’t understand why more people, regardless of their political leanings, aren’t calling for the resignation of U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK). Haven’t his antics gone far past the point of our normal political theater? Inhofe is in office …
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Electric Transportation, Fossil Fuels, and “Internalizing the Externalities”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXd-xk-rCRU&w=445&h=364] Do you have a clean energy story that you’d like to tell the world? One day each month, I shoot a series of short television shows called the “2GreenEnergy Video Report” in which I interview folks with interesting stories …
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Tagged with: coal, energy-video, fossil fuels, gasoline, internalizing the externalities, oil, Paul Scott, Plug In America, video
Oil – Supply and Demand
In response to my piece on society’s migration to electric vehicles, Dan Conine writes: There needs to be a build-down of the sprawl simultaneously with the build-out of charging stations. Once they meet, the fringe will still have gas and …
