Even though America only accounts for 5% of the world’s population, it uses about 20,680,000 barrels of oil per day. Despite US peak oil production during the 1970’s, consumption and net imports have always been on the rise, while the domestic production rate has been declining tremendously. The US imported about $246 billion worth of oil in 2007, which is $468,000 per minute. Most of the imported oil comes from OPEC, and 68% of all petroleum is consumed by transportation, 25% industries, 4% residential, 1% utilities, and 2% commercial.
As a part of CSM’s Earth Week celebration, Dr. Robert B. Farrington came to campus to present his lecture, “Is Our Transportation System Sustainable?” His talk focused on the current critical oil crisis and new ways to implement renewable technologies and sustainable projects across the world. Farrington started off his lecture by introducing US education system, engineering, and things that have changed since our parent’s early childhood, and also a brief lecture on epistemology, and ontology. According to Farrington, there are about 237 million light-duty vehicles on the road in the U.S. In Japan and Europe there are only about 56 million. The U.S. is known to have the biggest consumption of oil throughout any country thought the world.
According to Farrington, the high usage of oil has caused rapid increases in CO2 and nitrous oxide emissions, resulting in global warming and environmental damage. Farrington also believes that only 1.1 to 1.3 trillion barrels of oil are left in the world.
In order to consume less fuel and to save the environment, Dr. Farrington believes that we must use non-conventional fuel, such as bio-diesel, electricity (batteries and fuel cells), hydrogen, non-fossil methane, non-fossil natural gas, vegetable oil, and other biomass sources. In today’s market there are about 36 Flex Fuel vehicle models available, 6 million Flex-Fuel vehicles have been sold, and there are about 1000 public filling stations. Farrington suggested that Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, and Electric Vehicles may resolve the current crisis. Furthermore, Dr. Farrington believes that bio-fuel is the best and most efficient way to solve the energy crisis.
Dr. Farrington holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and acts as a Principal Engineer and Manager of the Advanced Vehicle Systems Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Farrington leads a team of research scientists and engineers in the search for new technologies and processes that will provide economic and environmental benefits and sustainable vehicles for the 21st Century. An international lecturer on advanced vehicle technologies, Farrington has testified to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on ways to reduce automotive fuel use.
As a part of CSM’s Earth Week celebration, Dr. Robert B. Farrington came to campus to present his lecture, “Is Our Transportation System Sustainable?” His talk focused on the current critical oil crisis and new ways to implement renewable technologies and sustainable projects across the world. Farrington started off his lecture by introducing US education system, engineering, and things that have changed since our parent’s early childhood, and also a brief lecture on epistemology, and ontology. According to Farrington, there are about 237 million light-duty vehicles on the road in the U.S. In Japan and Europe there are only about 56 million. The U.S. is known to have the biggest consumption of oil throughout any country thought the world.
According to Farrington, the high usage of oil has caused rapid increases in CO2 and nitrous oxide emissions, resulting in global warming and environmental damage. Farrington also believes that only 1.1 to 1.3 trillion barrels of oil are left in the world.
In order to consume less fuel and to save the environment, Dr. Farrington believes that we must use non-conventional fuel, such as bio-diesel, electricity (batteries and fuel cells), hydrogen, non-fossil methane, non-fossil natural gas, vegetable oil, and other biomass sources. In today’s market there are about 36 Flex Fuel vehicle models available, 6 million Flex-Fuel vehicles have been sold, and there are about 1000 public filling stations. Farrington suggested that Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, and Electric Vehicles may resolve the current crisis. Furthermore, Dr. Farrington believes that bio-fuel is the best and most efficient way to solve the energy crisis.
Dr. Farrington holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and acts as a Principal Engineer and Manager of the Advanced Vehicle Systems Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Farrington leads a team of research scientists and engineers in the search for new technologies and processes that will provide economic and environmental benefits and sustainable vehicles for the 21st Century. An international lecturer on advanced vehicle technologies, Farrington has testified to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on ways to reduce automotive fuel use.
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GM and Ford have pledged that at least 50% of their production will be FFV's by 2012. An electric vehicle adds 10-20k to the price of the car. A FFV adds nothing to the sticker price (it cost roughly a 0 to make anon FFV to a FFV)
As part of the Energy and Security's Act of 2007 http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/RL342941.pdf we have a mandate for 36 billion gallons of ethanol by 2022 . Of that ,16 Billion gallons must be from cellulosic feedstock. We are producing nearly 10 billion gallons as of 2009.
Dan McCullough
E85Prices.com