MIT Study Shows Ways to Reduce Fuel Consumption by 2035
Is it possible to reduce energy consumption without sacrificing the economy in the future? It’s challenging, but MIT thinks so:
…over the next 25 years, the fuel consumption of new vehicles could be reduced by 30-50 percent and total U.S. fuel use for vehicles could be cut to year 2000 levels, with greenhouse gas emissions cut by almost as much. But it will be challenging to meet those demands.
It will require not just developing improved and new engines, vehicles and fuels, but also convincing people that they don’t need to buy bigger, faster cars. Each step will be difficult, yet all must be pursued with an equal sense of urgency.
Developing future energy alternatives is a topic that’s always interesting for me. Between solar energy and fusion reactors, having abundant and clean energy sources in the future is the ultimate challenge of this century.
