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According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), transportation accounts for about 28% of the energy used in the United States. As the the EIA diagram to the left shows, cars and light trucks account for most of that.
If we want to reduce our reliance on oil, as individuals and as a society, we need to make some changes in personal transportation. There's no single answer. As gasoline becomes more expensive, we will adapt in many ways: better fuel economy standards nationally, smaller cars and/or lighter cars, more hybrid electric and electric cars, more ethanol and biodiesel, more car pooling, more telecommuting, more walking and bike riding, more motor scooters, and less driving overall.
Growing more of our food locally will also make sense, so we use less fuel to transport food, and so fuel shortages won't cause serious food shortages.
Increasing our use of mass transit makes sense, too, if the trains and buses are lightweight, efficient and filled close to capacity.
We hope this web site will help people publicize and learn about local transportation options.
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