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EIA expects US motor fuel consumption to increase this summer, but remain below 2019 levels

Green Car Congress

EIA also forecasts the Brent crude oil price will average $64 per barrel this summer, a 78% increase from last summer’s average of $36 per barrel. That price increase paired with an increase in gasoline and diesel demand will likely increase the cost of regular gasoline and diesel fuel this summer. gal last summer.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Dr. Paul still sees significant growth in the developing world. Billion vs. $28.3

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! ► January (13) What Goes Down, Must Go Up?

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Chipping away at the ICE

Electric Auto Association

Some of my friends swear that if you cut me, I’ll bleed gear oil. In the seven counties I have chosen to serve, there are oil fields, windmills, solar farms, and even a hydroelectric dam. I tell everyone about vehicle-to-grid technology, and remind them that diesel fuel gels when they forget to add the anti-gel.

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