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| Title | Redesigning the auto: key to alleviating the nation`s energy crisis |
| Creator/Author | Dallaire, G. |
| Publication Date | 1979 Nov 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5530532 |
| Other Number(s) | CODEN: CIEGA |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Civ. Eng. (N.Y.) ; Vol/Issue: 49:11 |
| Subject | 320203 -- Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization-- Transportation-- Land & Roadway ;330100 -- Internal Combustion Engines ;291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation; ;AUTOMOBILES-- DESIGN;AUTOMOBILES-- FUEL ECONOMY; ALCOHOL FUELS;ENERGY CONSERVATION;ENERGY SHORTAGES;ETHANOL FUELS;EVALUATION;GASOHOL;GASOLINE;METHANOL FUELS;VANPOOLING |
| Related Subject | ALCOHOL FUELS;CARPOOLING;FUELS;PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;SYNTHETIC FUELS;VEHICLES |
| Description/Abstract | The automobile is a tremendous consumer of energy.^The entire transport sector uses 26% of the energy and half the oil in the USA.^In fact, the American auto alone consumes one-ninth of all the oil used in the world today.^Since our present land use patterns lock us into intensive auto use the best approach is to redesign the auto for vastly better fuel economy.^By 1985, auto makers will have to have cars that average 27.5 mpg.^And beyond that, the Federal DOT wants to produce autos that average 50 mpg.^Among things the auto industry is developing: cars to run on new fuels, e.g., gasohol, methanol, ethanol, and liquid fuels derived from coal and oil shale; new auto engines that are vastly more efficient and can burn a variety of fuels, e.g., the Stirling engine and the gas turbine; the electric auto and the hybrid auto (combination electric and engine powered vehicle); the flywheel as a means of storing energy normally wasted in braking; lighter cars using weight-saving materials such as high-strength steels, fiber-reinforced plastics, aluminum, etc. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Pages: 92-97 |
| System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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