On March 16, the Kansas City, Kansas School District
welcomed some newcomers to their community—47
natural gas school buses deployed as part of DOE's Clean
Cities Alternative Fuel Vehicle Pilot Program, supported by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Crude oil, taxes, refining, distribution and marking are the four main components that make up the retail price of a gallon of gasoline. (Source: EIA)
Public policies such as appliance and vehicle efficiency standards and building codes are responsible for at least 20% of the improvement in the US's energy intensity--energy use per unit of GDP. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
Electricity generation accounts for about 40% of total U.S. energy consumption. (Source: Institute for 21st Century Energy)
Fossil fuels provide more than 85% of all the energy consumed in the US, nearly two-thirds of our electricity, and virtually all of our transportation fuels. (Source: DOE)
Estimated energy demand is charted to grow by almost 50% in the next 20 years.
