Achieving Our Energy Goals:
Alternative Transportation Fuels

February 6, 2009, Noon -1:30 p.m.
Room 202/203 Capitol Visitors Center, Senate Side

Invitation

Summary

The transportation sector, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of U.S. energy consumption, has a significant role to play in achieving the dual goals of reducing the nation’s carbon footprint and increasing our energy security. Alternative fuels and fuel technologies will be an important part of the policy mix. This briefing provided an overview of alternative fuel options for passenger vehicles, exploring their advantages, disadvantages, and technological readiness, and also discussed policy instruments that could help the U.S. attain its energy goals.

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• Contact Science & the Congress Briefing Series

Sponsors

The ACS Science & the Congress Project and SAE International.

Opening Remarks

Featured Speakers

Related Content

National Research Council Transportation Research Board:

Special Report 290: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation

Energy Information Administration:

• Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2006 (Part I – Supplier Data)
• Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2006 (Part II – User and Fuel Data)
• International Energy Outlook 2008: Chapter Six: Transportation Sector Energy Consumption

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy:

• Vehicle Technologies Program
• Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Transportation & Air Quality:

Fuels and Fuel Additives

United States Climate Action Partnership:

USCAP Blueprint for Legislative Action

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Energy and the Environment:

On the Road in 2035: Reducing Transportation’s Petroleum Consumption and GHG Emissions