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By: Need help with some simple, easy to grasp gasoline/oil statistics - Page 2 - PriusChat Forums

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:29:30 +0000

[...] The amount of petroleum used for transpiration shown in the chart is pretty close to what Petroleum (Oil) | Institute for Energy Research says: [...]

By: The Tar Sands Pipeline Loves Suburban Sprawl « Citiography

The Tar Sands Pipeline Loves Suburban Sprawl « Citiography — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:40:06 +0000

[...] 71% of the oil we use is for transportation. That is, cars and trucks. Driving to work. Driving to the store. If we don’t want this pipeline going across the center of our country, and we don’t want to burn the dirtiest fuel imaginable in our 254,000,000+ cars and trucks, we need to drive less. And while it’s true that higher CAFE standards for new cars will help, and electric cars will help, the energy used to refine tar sands or drill in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, or in the Arctic is going to make quick work of any efficiencies Toyota, GM and Honda squeeze out of their engineers. And alternative energy? Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer Prize winning oil historian says in his latest book that our current renewable technologies aren’t likely to provide enough inexpensive, reliable energy to replace fossil fuels. [...]

By: How is the World’s Energy Appetite When it Comes to Transportation? | Solar and Wind Energy Blog

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:37:19 +0000

[...] The Institute for Energy Demand sets the percentage of oil used in transportation at closer to 70%. [...]

By: Administration’s Policies Perpetuating Our Dependence On Foreign Oil » Eagle Forum of Alabama

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:34:56 +0000

[...] known fact: We have a significant amount of oil here in the United States. Why then, are we totally dependent on foreign oil? Political and regulatory roadblocks prevent [...]