AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MAXIMIZING TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONSERVATION

The best measure of energy conservation occurs when the vehicle, the fuel, and the refinery are considered as a system, and the impact of various combinations of these is evaluated in terms of miles of transportation attainable per barrel of crude. When this is done, potential savings in fuel consumption are greater than by any other approach, and warrant very serious consideration. In contrast, choice of the wrong option could seriously restrict the number of vehicles that could be produced and operated if crude oil availability should become limited.