The United States consumes approximately one fourth of the world's oil, with a large portion used as gasoline in passenger vehicles. Burning gasoline is costly and creates serious environmental problems. When we estimate 25% of total vehicles in use will be hybrid vehicles by the year 2015, we can reduce the amount of gasoline burned by 12% and an educated estimate of saving just under 30,000 tons per year of nitrous-oxide emissions in California alone.

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Creator

• Pead, Russell A.
• Dandekar, Robert R.
• Beaulieu, Joshua R.

Subject

• Security
• Environment
• Sustainability
• Energy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05D042I

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Sustainable development--Economic aspects
• Energy conservation

Advisor

• Gerstenfeld, Arthur

Year

• 2005

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright