Title
Drilling, Alternative Fuels And Efficiency: Can The United States Wean Itself From Imported Oil?
Report Number
FSEC-PF-436-08
URL
http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-PF-436-08.pdf
Keywords
Energy Efficiency; Buildings; Energy Analysis; Transportation
Abstract
Perhaps the most daunting challenge the next generation of Americans will face is what President Bush called our "addiction to oil." The challenge is to find the means to provide for our transportation needs in the face of declining world oil production. Perhaps the central question is whether we will export the great wealth of America to foreign countries in payment for oil before we tackle the grand challenge of creating a new transportation future that does not rely completely on oil.
This article presents the historical facts relative to America's oil demand and domestic and world oil production resources. These historical trends are used to construct a scenario of future supply and demand for oil in the U.S. A range of existing technologies, which can reduce the need for petroleum imports, are then evaluated using wedges analysis, giving projections to the year 2030.
Date Published
11-21-2008
Subjects
Buildings - Energy Analysis; Buildings - Energy Efficiency; Transportation
STARS Citation
Florida Solar Energy Center and Fairey, Philip, "Drilling, Alternative Fuels And Efficiency: Can The United States Wean Itself From Imported Oil?" (2008). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 387.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/387
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Notes
Preprint: Peer reviewed and accepted for publication in Energy Policy Elsevier Press, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. © 2008 Elsevier Press. All rights reserved.