"Ethanol, by the time it's all said and done, almost doesn't save any oil, " Stedman said.
Stay away from the olives, avoid the goldfish, don't be picking at oily peanuts--you've got to save on oil wherever you can.
Their point: whatever money we save from lower oil prices, we should probably spend propping up our Arab oil friends.
FORBES: Leave It To The New York Times To Gin Up A Downside To The American Oil Boom
The National Laboratories have looked into the emissions equation and everywhere except NY the Volt save very significant oil and in most of the country significantly reduces emissions.
Fully exploiting wherever practical the best available efficiency techniques throughout the U.S. economy could save half our oil and gas use, and three-fourths of our electricity, at about an eighth of their current price.
The impact on the output of oil-importing countries also depends on whether oil producers save or spend their windfalls.
Demand there is still growing, but more slowly than expected, and the shortfall is exacerbated by Asian countries' eagerness to save dollars by running down oil stocks.
B, if we could achieve some of these important policy objectives through executive action as the President did with close to a dozen automobile manufacturers in putting in place fuel efficiency standards that will save 12 billion barrels of oil, we would.
It is estimated that the installation will save 34, 000 barrels of oil over 30 years.
ENGADGET: California raceway gets 1,600 solar panels, flaunts green track status
Vehicles powered by natural gas save more gas dollars and crude oil imports than government-dictated plans for all-electric and hybrid vehicles.
If oil-producing countries save much of their windfall, world demand will shrink.
There has been very little energy policy talk in the latest run up to the presidency, save for the occasional stab at oil prices.
And after decades in which we have done little to increase the efficiency of cars and trucks, we've raised fuel economy standards to reduce our dependence on foreign oil while helping folks save money at the pump.
As a result, we will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of the vehicles sold in the next five years.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama: A New Consensus on Auto Emissions
Fuel it with 85 percent ethanol made from woody, weedy stuff like switchgrass, and you'll save three-fourths of the remaining oil without interfering with food production.
Already, the Obama Administration has made historic progress through investments in clean energy, new fuel economy standards for cars and light-duty trucks that will save approximately 1.8 billion barrels of oil, and steps toward the first-ever fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Altogether, this will save us about 1.8 billion barrels of oil as a country.
Last year, I was proud to have your support when we announced the first-ever national fuel-efficiency standards for commercial trucks, which is going to help save consumers money and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on the Economy and Middle-Class Tax Cuts | The White House
"Biofuels, like palm oil, produce more carbon emissions than they save, fuel land grabs and increase global food prices, " she said.
With four-dollar-a-gallon fuel prices here at home, it's simple to just look at fuel consumption as a way to save a few dollars and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
WHITEHOUSE: Energy and Environment Latest News | The White House
Nobody really knows because, save for the leap in petrol prices during the 1970s oil crises, there is little basis for estimating to what extent higher marginal costs reduce driving.
With oil prices so high, small changes can save a lot of money, which is why companies that adopted ambitious emissions-reduction targets around the time of Copenhagen have tended to stiffen, not slacken, them.
If carbon sources were charged for their use of the atmosphere as a sewer, and alternatives given the same breaks as oil, we would have a free market that might just save our crazy butts.
They'll be jobs building the wind turbines and solar panels and fuel-efficient cars that will lower our dependence on foreign oil, and modernizing our costly health care system that will save us billions of dollars and countless lives.
That will save about 1.8 billion gallons -- or barrels -- of oil, billion barrels of oil.
An international aid worker with British-based Save the Children in Myanmar said the group has been giving out rice, salt, cooking oil and cash to help victims of the deadly storm.
Crude oil had rallied sharply since mid-June, as both Bernanke and Draghi pledged to save the world economy.
FORBES: FOMC: Bernanke Fed In Wait-And-See Mode As Inflation Ticks Up
When oil prices started to move up, buyers began to buy more, figuring they would save money because prices would go even higher.
应用推荐