Past and future of the petroleum problem : the increasing need to develop alternative transportation fuels.

Santini, Danilo J.

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An examination on the interactions of petroleum supply and demand patterns suggests that the depletion of U.S. oil reserves and the increasing importance fo oil consumption in U.S. transportation are causes for greater attention to the development of alternative (nonpetroleum-based) transportation fuels. Absent such development, the historical lessons presented in this paper suggest that another period of rising oil prices, erratic oil market behavior, and subsequent economic difficulty is probable within the next two decades. Methanol is argued to be the most likely and most desirable substitute transportation fuel because it can de produced more economically and used more efficiently than gasoline when derived from the rapidly expanding worldwide supplies of natural gas.

Separata de: Transportation Research Record 1175

ESTADOS UNIDOS; SUSTITUCION DEL PETROLEO; SECTOR TRANSPORTE; METANOL; PERSPECTIVAS ENERGETICAS; ALTERNATIVAS;