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The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
is a Washington based non-profit public educational
organization dedicated to research and public debate
on issues related to energy security. IAGS seeks to
promote public awareness to the strong impact energy
dependency has on our economy and security and to
the myriad of technological and policy solutions that
could help us move into an era of energy
independence, and increase peace, prosperity and
stability in the world.
IAGS is not beholden to any industry or political group.
http://www.iags.org
History: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2002, DOE/EIA-0384(2002)
(Washington, DC, October 2003). Projections: Table A11.
Conservation is not enough:
The Oil Gap in the Transportation Sector
(Source: US Dep. Of Energy)
Mil barrels/ day
25
No action taken
7% CAFE increase
20% CAFE increase
U.S. consumption
20
40% CAFE increase
60% CAFE increase
15
U.S. production
including ANWR
10
5
U.S. production
0
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40's
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The ABCs of Setting America Free
Fuel diversification
Real world solutions
Economically sound technologies
Environmentally sensible choices
Domestic resource utilization
Optimal energy use
Maintenance of the American way of life
Energy Security through fuel
choice
Poor in oil, but rich in other
domestic energy resources
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With 25% of global coal reserves the U.S. is
the Saudi Arabia of coal
DOE estimates 2.45 billion metric tons a year
of biomass are available for U.S. fuel
production.
In addition to the above solar, wind, hydro,
geothermal, nuclear power are used to
generate electricity
Flexible fuel vehicles (FFV)
FFV's are designed to
operate on alcohol (ethanol,
methanol..), on gasoline, or on
any mixture of the two.
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Nearly three million FFV's
have been manufactured
since 1996.
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The marginal cost of FFV is
less than $150.
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What is P-Series?
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a liquid, renewable, affordable, made-in-theUSA non-petroleum fuel formulated for flexible
fuel vehicles (FFV's.)
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recognized by the U.S. DOE as an alternative
fuel in 1999.
P-Series fuel is a blend of:
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35% liquid hydrocarbons derived from natural
gas production.
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45% ethanol.
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20% MeTHF, an ether derived from biomass
waste, which comprises 50-60% of the urban
waste stream.
P-Series is clean and affordable
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The level of regulated and toxic emissions
resulting from P-Series is significantly lower,
and carbon dioxide emissions are reduced by
50%, as compared to gasoline.
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The projected retail price for P-Series including
all taxes is comparable to that of gasoline.
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P-Series pumps are very similar to gasoline
pumps, and can be installed at existing fuel
stations for about $60K.
P-Series solves 3 problems
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Municipal waste disposal poses a growing
burden to taxpayers. Need to find higher value
use of wet/mixed bio-organic wastes stream
now going to landfills and incinerators.
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Urban emissions are detrimental to public
health.
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America’s dependence on oil from unstable
countries is increasing.
It’s time to stop wasting our waste.
What is methanol?
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An alcohol fuel that can be produced from coal,
natural gas, biomass
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Can be used to power FFVs
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A user friendly hydrogen-carrier fuel that can
be used to power fuel cell vehicles
"One of the Department of Energy's most
successful Clean Coal Technology projects."
U.S. Dept. of Energy statement on clean coal-tomethanol project.
Liquid Phase Methanol (LPMEOH) - Clean
Coal to Fuel at under 50 cents a gallon
Plug-in Hybrid vehicles
• Hybrid vehicles with an added battery
• All electric range for a portion of the daily driving cycle
• Night time charging which significantly reduces fuel cost
• When the charge is used up, the car automatically
keeps running on the fuel in the fuel tank
• Performance equal to what is expected from current
vehicles
Half of All Autos on the Road on a Typical Day
Travel a Total of 20 Miles or Less
Annual Gasoline Consumption
An alternative to the alternative:
FFV/Plug-in hybrid
•If the two technologies are combined, such
vehicles can be powered by any blend of alcohol
fuels, gasoline, and electricity.
•If a plug-in vehicle is also a FFV fueled with 80%
alcohol and 20% gasoline, fuel economy could
reach 500 miles per gallon of gasoline!
•If by 2025, all cars on the road are hybrids and half
are plug-in hybrid vehicles, U.S. oil imports would
drop by 8 million barrels per day (mbd). Today, the
U.S. imports 10 mbd; projected imports for 2025
are almost 20 mbd.
•Were all of these cars also flexible fuel vehicles,
U.S. oil imports would drop by almost 12 mbd.
If we don’t change our course,
we’ll end up where we’re
headed.
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