Transportation for the 21 st Century Beyond Oil with Green Transportation Featuring Michael Brune.
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Transportation for the 21st Century
“Beyond Oil with Green Transportation”
Featuring Michael Brune
The Sierra Club is the nation’s oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
photos: Sierra Club
Michael BruneSierra Club Executive
Director
Oil
28,000 42-gallon barrels, representing the amount of oil
consumed in the United States every two minutes.
Transportation- mostly cars-
consumes majority of oil in the
U.S.
MBP
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U.S. Greenhouse Gas Pollution
Graph: Darrell Clarke
Agriculture 7%
Industry 19%
Residential &commercial 11%
Electric power 35%
Aircraft 2%
Heavy trucks,
ships, rail 8%
Cars & light trucks 17%
– U.S. EPA data for 2008
America pays a heavy price for the gasoline in our vehicles
Oil is the leader in federal subsidies
Graph:Tommy McCall/Environmental Law Institute
Solutions
photos: Sierra Club, Darrell Clarke
•Ensuring that national policy is accountable for reducing oil consumption
•Investing in transportation choices
•Creating livable communities
•Calling for 60 mpg standards by 2025 and vehicle electrification
http://action.sierraclub.org/transportationactivists
Photo: Sierra Club North Star Chapter