TRANSPORTATION INNOVATIONS THAT WOULD BANISH AMERICA'S ENERGY CRISIS

Despite the current oil glut, the energy crisis is still very much with us. Within the next few decades, the U. S. will nearly exhaust economically recoverable petroleum. The key to solving the energy crisis is to revolutionize the transportation sector, which now guzzles 55 % of all petroleum used in the U. S. Technologies that could revolutionize transportation include the hybrid(gasoline-fired internal combustion engine plus batteries) car, vehicles powered by compressed natural gas, electrified highways, and fuel-cell-powered vehicles. The hybrid car is most promising as it could cut liquid fuel use in the transportation sector 50 to 80 % in a decade. Also the vehicles could be charged at night, without need to build a single new electric power plant in the country.

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• Authors:
  • Dallaire, E
• Publication Date: 1981-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 47-50
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highway systems; Energy conservation; Energy resources; Fuel cells; Fuel conservation; Hybrid vehicles; Management; Natural gas; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348281
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM