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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, the average motorist drives around 13,500 miles every year, more than 1,000 miles every month. Gasoline is the most common transportation fuel of choice and natural gas and oil will remain central to meeting the nation’s energy needs for decades to come, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Report examines three scenarios for electric vehicle (“EV”) market penetration through 2050 and their potential impacts on U.S. biofuels consumption, the agricultural sector, and the greater economy
A ConservAmerica review of existing scientific research of the various options available for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector urges policymakers to take into account the full emissions lifecycle of those technologies before setting policy in a rapidly developing market.
Total costs to consumers could range from $35 billion to $146 billion for a decade of infrastructure buildout.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50 percent between 2018 and 2050. This includes increases in electricity use in the transportation sector as plug-in electric vehicles enter the fleet and electricity use for rail expands over the same time period. Globally, demand for liquid fuels (petroleum and other liquids) and natural gas increase by over 20 percent and forty percent respectively.