transportation for the 21 st century beyond oil with green transportation featuring michael brune

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.

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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