Energy Efficient Transportation for Florida

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Danny Parker, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Report Number

FSEC-EN-19-05

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-EN-19.pdf

Keywords

Transportation; Buildings; Energy Conservation; Energy efficient transportation; Automobile energy consumption; Fuel costs; Florida transportation; Automobile operating costs

Abstract

Nearly 30% of energy used in Florida is consumed by our 13 million personal automobiles. Annual gasoline consumption in Florida is about 7.5 billion gallons. Florida also has more registered cars per capita than any other state in the U.S. - nearly one car for each person. The average Florida automobile is driven over 10,000 miles a year burning about 550 gallons of gasoline and costing its owner about $1,500 in fuel costs alone (not to mention payments, insurance, service, repairs, tires, tags, license etc.). Based on a comprehensive analysis, total automobile operating costs average over $850 per month.

Date Published

11-1-2005

Identifiers

515

Subjects

Transportation--Energy consumption; Automobiles--Fuel consumption; Energy conservation; Transportation--Energy consumption--Economic aspects; Automobiles--Costs

Local Subjects

Buildings - Energy Conservation; Transportation

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Parker, Danny, "Energy Efficient Transportation for Florida" (2005). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 515.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/515