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Title: PAST AND FUTURE OF THE PETROLEUM PROBLEM: THE INCREASING NEED TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FUELS
Accession Number: 00483823
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: An examination of the interactions of petroleum supply and demand patterns suggests that the depletion of U.S. oil reserves and the increasing importance of oil consumption in U.S. transportation are causes for greater attention to the development of alternative (nonpetroleum-based) transportation fuels. Absent such development, the historical lessons presented in this paper suggest that another period of rising oil prices, erratic oil market behavior, and subsequent economic difficulty is probable within the next two decades. Methanol is argued to be the most likely and most desirable substitute transportation fuel because it can be produced more economically and used more efficiently than gasoline when derived from the rapidly expanding worldwide supplies of natural gas.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1175, Fuels. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01416523
Authors: Santini, D JPagination: p. 1-14
Publication Date: 1988
Serial: ISBN: 0309047129
Features: Figures
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Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: May 31 1989 12:00AM
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