petroleum consumption

Petroleum consumption, particularly gasoline, is rising as the economy grows.

A recent government report said that extending the program would result in at least an extra nine billion gallons of petroleum consumption.

It already accounts for 7 percent of America's annual petroleum consumption, and probably at least 10 percent by 2005.

Petroleum consumption will decline as the need for plastic bottle manufacturing decreases.

Clean Cities advances the nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by supporting local actions to reduce petroleum consumption in transportation.

Using electricity from the grid to run the vehicle some of the time costs less and reduces petroleum consumption compared with conventional vehicles.

But Governor Pataki is moving to change all that with a series of measures to reduce the state's petroleum consumption.

May was also the first month in which petroleum consumption returned to pre-Persian Gulf War levels.

The United States, the largest oil importer, cut petroleum consumption 2.1 percent in 1990, the first drop in seven years.

After the Arab oil embargo in the 1970's, petroleum consumption in the United States dropped substantially.

Require Metropolitan Planning Organizations to evaluate the effects of new transportation projects on regional petroleum consumption.

Because EVs use no other fuel, widespread use of these vehicles could dramatically reduce petroleum consumption.

They account for about 25% of the world's petroleum consumption, while producing only 6% of the world's annual petroleum supply.

PHEVs can store enough electricity from the power grid to significantly reduce their petroleum consumption under typical driving conditions.

Reaching rates of auto ownership equal to Spain's would add 60 million cars to Soviet roads - enough to lift world petroleum consumption about 3 percent.

Examples of vehicles with reduced petroleum consumption include electric cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell-powered hydrogen cars.

Current HEVs reduce petroleum consumption under certain circumstances, compared to otherwise similar conventional vehicles, primarily by using three mechanisms:

High energy prices and a slowed economy caused petroleum consumption to reach a three-year low in crude oil imports to the United States in December 2008.

The following table compares fuel economy, carbon footprint, and petroleum consumption for several popular gasoline-powered vehicles and their flex-fuel versions:

Meanwhile, unlike other large oil producers like Saudi Arabia, Iran or Venezuela, Norway has done little to encourage domestic petroleum consumption.

The report also suggests introducing more hybrid diesel-electric buses and a fuel containing 20 percent biodiesel (BD20) would further reduce emissions and petroleum consumption.

Chartered on June 15, 1999, South Shore Clean Cities is a government/industry partnership designed to help reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector.

But experts say that if biofuels are to make a significant dent in the nation's petroleum consumption, the crops themselves must be improved to provide more energy from an acre.

Mr. Pena noted that transportation accounted for 21 percent of the nation's economy, 50 percent of its petroleum consumption and 51 percent of ambient air pollution.

On The Road in 2035: Reducing Transportation's Petroleum Consumption and GHG Emissions.