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<div>The Lab for Energy and the Environment is going to hold an
interesting brownbag seminar next Thursday (3/18).</div>
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<div>Professor John Heywood and graduate student Anup Bandivadekar
will discuss the serious constraints that will arise--possibly in the
next ten years--if we keep using our petroleum-powered vehicles as we
have been.</div>
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<div>They'll then suggest combinations of measures that could change
our buying habits as well as our driving habits.</div>
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<div>Nancy</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Environment and Sustainability Seminar
Series</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for
Energy and the Environment
<http://lfee.mit.edu></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>US Transportation Energy Consumption: The
Problem and Effective Strategies for Progress</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Prof. John Heywood, Director, Sloan
Automotive Laboratory</blockquote>
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> <span
></span> Anup
Bandivadekar, Technology and Policy Program</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thursday, March 18, 2004</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>12-1:30 pm</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>E40-496</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Abstract</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>The U.S. Transportation system is
dominated by cars and light trucks which consume about 43% of the
total U.S. petroleum use. Increasing dependence on foreign oil and as
well as rising emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles are
two major reasons to be concerned about vehicle fuel consumption. The
annual fuel consumption of our light-duty vehicle fleet in thirty
years is projected to be more than 60 percent above today's value. It
is therefore imperative that we understand this developing crisis, and
take appropriate actions to address our rising petroleum
consumption.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>This challenge will not be resolved by
any single technology or policy. However, an appropriately
designed<i> combination of fiscal and regulatory measures</i> can
substantially increase the market demand for improved vehicle
technologies which reduce the fuel consumption.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Light refreshments will be
provided.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000">Karen L.
Gibson</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000">Program
Assistant</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font color="#000000">MIT Laboratory For
Energy and the Environment</font></blockquote>
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