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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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(The maximum—136,468 million gallons—was reached in 2014.). Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Total consumption (millions of gallons).

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy decreased in 2015 from 2014

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mpg from the value for the vehicles sold in 2014, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 4.8 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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Choosing not to drive: A transient or a permanent phenomenon?

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The years included in the first analysis were 1983 and 2008 (the same as in our original study), and three additional years spaced three years apart (2011, 2014, and 2017). In a 2014 survey , we asked persons without a driver’s license whether they ever planned to get a license, and if so, when. minus 81.7 is 45% of 100 minus 81.7.)

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Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

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teragrams per year in 2007 (+72%). Improvements in combustion technology and changes in fuel composition had led to an increase in energy use efficiency, and subsequently a decline of BC emission intensities in power plants, the residential sector, and transportation. Click to enlarge. teragrams/year in 1960 to 9.1 Click to enlarge.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 dropped 2.7% in 2015; of end-use sectors, only transportation increased

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from 5,405 MMmt in 2014. Of the four end-use sectors, only transportation emissions increased in 2015 (+2.1%). The downward pressure on emissions was slightly offset by an uptick in transportation energy consumption that was influenced by lower fuel prices that put upward pressure on emissions. from 2014 levels.

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Technical brief: transportation overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO2 emissions

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John DeCicco at the University of Michigan Energy Institute shows that transportation is overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO 2. CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector increased at an average rate of 1.8% 12-month running averages for transportation and electricity generation since late 2014.

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EPA proposes reduction in cellulosic biofuel and total renewable fuel standards for 2014

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a reduction in the cellulosic biofuel and total renewable fuel standards (RFS) for 2014. This reflects EPA’s current estimate of the amount of cellulosic biofuel that will actually be produced in 2014, but EPA will consider public comments before setting the final cellulosic standard.

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