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Transportation

Front view photo of a fuel cell powered electric bus driving on a quiet street.

A fuel cell powered bus at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Transportation accounts for more than 67% of the oil consumed in the United States. Today, we import more than 60% of our supply, and this could increase to 75% by 2010. This causes widespread economic dislocations and threats to national security.

Several options are available to help reduce fossil fuel consumption and vehicle emissions.

For more information on transportation technologies, visit the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities Program. Clean Cities works through a network of more than 80 volunteer, community-based coalitions which develop public/private partnerships to promote alternative fuels and vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy, hybrid vehicles, and idle reduction.

The U.S. Department of Energy's FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program and Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program also provide useful information on various transportation technologies.

The Alternative Fuels Data Center is a good resource for information on alternative fuels and the vehicles that use them. Their Website has more than 3,000 documents in its database, an interactive fuel station mapping system, current listings of available alternative fuel vehicles, a listing of state and federal incentives and lots of alternative fuels information and related links.