Living Without Oil

As war looms, the search for new energy alternatives is all the more urgent.

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February 12, 2003, 12:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


This in-depth cover story examines the various alternativesbeingtested to reduce the United States' 20 million-barrel-a-day oildependence.Because transportation consumes the vast majority of our oil, many oftheadvances are taking place in this sector. Among the examples cited, abusinessman who switched his 130 diesel-powered cement mixers andexcavators to biodiesel. Also mentioned: the pluses and minuses ofnaturalgas, biomass, hydrogen, solar and wind technologies. Some say the bestwayto wean ourselves from the oil habit is through conservation. Accordingtothe Sierra Club, if the vehicle fuel economyaverage of 20.8 mpg were raised to 40 mpg, it would save at least 3millionbarrels of oil a day

Thanks to California Policy Forum

Monday, February 17, 2003 in U.S. News And World Report

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