America has relied heavily on oil as its primary fuel source since the industrial revolution. Oil consumption in the United States grew substantially over the 20th century, especially for transportation. However, oil is a finite resource and domestic production has not kept up with increasing consumption. This document examines America's dependency on oil and discusses the need to transition to alternative fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas, propane, electricity, and hydrogen to reduce reliance on foreign oil and emissions. Renewable energy sources like wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal power can also help meet America's energy needs in a sustainable way.

1. America’s Dependency on
Oil and the Need for
Alternative Fuel
Submitted by: Daniel Stern
Presented by: Henry Moreno & Stephen Shervon

2. History of US Oil
Consumption
• Ever since the Industrial Revolution took off in the 18th
century, vast quantities of fossil fuels have been used to
power the economy and deliver unprecedented affluence
to huge numbers of people.
• During the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels seemed to be
the ideal energy source. Steam locomotives, the
quintessential machines of the Industrial Revolution, used
coal as a fuel source from early on to compensate for a
lack of firewood and charcoal

3. History of US Oil Consumption
 Since the modest beginnings of the oil industry in the mid-
19th century, petroleum has risen to global prominence
 the development of drilling technology for oil wells in mid-
19th century America put the petroleum industry on a new
footing, leading to mass-consumption of petroleum as a
highly versatile fuel powering transportation in the form of
automobiles, ships, airplanes and so on, applied to generate
electricity, used for heating and to provide hot water supplies
 World consumption of primary energy greatly increased from
3.8 billion tons of oil equivalent in 1965 to 11.1 billion tons of
oil equivalent in 2007.

4. Oil
Consumption
 Energy consumption in China and
other Asian countries is expected to
continue increasing rapidly owing to
high economic growth, rising
populations and ongoing
industrialization
 Consumption is also increasing
rapidly in certain countries in the
Middle East.
 World consumption of primary
energy greatly increased from 3.8
billion tons of oil equivalent in 1965
to 11.1 billion tons of oil equivalent
in 2007

5. Consumption and production of oil

6. Consumption and production of oil in US

7. US oil usage by four
primary sectors
 residential;
 transportation;
 and industrial, which includes the agricultural,
manufacturing, construction, and mining
industries.

8. usage the oil by sector

9. Oil price
 oil prices and increasing production fourfold in 1985
 The region ( Union Soviet )lost approximately $20 billion per year due to lower revenues
from oil exports, which resulted in huge government borrowing in the following years
 Wide fluctuations in oil prices have played an important role in driving economies into
recession and even regimes collapsing
 Since 2008, oil prices have seen two cycles of highs and lows, with no indication of a
steady path in the near future
 The historic high values of oil prices during 2010–13 and the following prolonged
downturn during 2014–16 (the longest
 since the 1980s) suggest that the world economy is in unchartered territory.

10. Fluctuation price of oil

11. Oil price in US (2017)

12. Alternatives fuels
 Alternative fuels not only burn cleaner— producing lower
emissions—but some are even renewable, unlike fossil fuels,
which means we could develop a continuous supply of them. The
alternative fuels in use today include
 ethanol,
 biodiesel,
 methanol,
 natural gas,
 propane,
 electricity, and
 hydrogen.

13. Ethanol
 The most widely used alternative transportation fuel
is ethanol. Ethanol is an alcohol typically made from
corn or corn byproducts, using a process similar to
brewing beer.
 In the United States, we blend more than 1.5 billion
gallons of ethanol with gasoline each year to produce
E10 (10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline.)
 Today we also have some vehicles that can use a
higher blend of ethanol – up to 85 percent – called
E85. These vehicles, known as flexible-fuel vehicles,
can use E85, gasoline, or any mixture of the two. E85
is available in many parts of the country but primarily
in the Midwest.

14. bio biodiesel
 Biodiesel is an ester (similar to vinegar) that can be
made from several types of oils, such as vegetable
oils and animal fats. Each year about 30 million
gallons of biodiesel are produced in the United
States from recycled cooking oils and soybean oil.
 Biodiesel is typically used as a blend— 20 percent
biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum diesel—called
B20. B20 can be used in a conventional diesel
engine with essentially no engine modifications

15. methanol
 Methanol, another alcohol-based fuel, is
usually produced from natural gas, but it can
also be produced from biomass. Therefore, it
has the potential to help reduce petroleum
imports.
 Methanol-powered vehicles emit smaller
amounts of air pollutants, such as
hydrocarbons, particulate matter, and
nitrogen oxides, than do similar gasoline-
fueled vehicles. Some buses and fleet
vehicles currently run on M85, which contains
85 percent methanol and 15 percent
gasoline.

16. natural gas
 Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbons, mainly methane. It can be
produced either from gas wells or in conjunction with crude oil
production.
 Natural gas is a clean burning, domestically produced fuel that
generates significantly less carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide,
particulate matter, and nitrous oxide compared to similar fossil fuel
vehicles. It is used in vehicles as compressed natural gas (CNG) or
liquefied natural gas (LNG).
 There are about 100,000 natural gas vehicles in the United States.
Nearly one of every five new transit buses in the United States runs
on natural gas.

17. propane
 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), commonly called propane, is
a mixture of at least 90 percent propane, 2.5 percent butane
and higher hydrocarbons, and ethane and propylene make
up the remaining balance.
 Propane emits 64 percent less reactive organic compounds,
20 percent less nitrogen oxide, and 20 percent less carbon
monoxide than a similar gasoline vehicle.
 There are fueling stations in all states. Today there are more
than 270,000 on- and off-road, propane-powered vehicles
in the United States.

18. electricity
 Electricity is considered a fuel when used in vehicles. Electric vehicles
use various types of batteries and other energy storage mechanisms
to store the electricity used to run a vehicle.
 While the electricity production process for vehicles may contribute
somewhat to air pollution, an electric vehicle (EV) itself does not,
resulting in much lower emissions per mile traveled
 In 2000, close to 7,600 on-road EVs in the United States consumed
electricity at an amount equivalent to about 1.7 million gallons of
gasoline.

19. Hydrogen
 Hydrogen is a simple,
abundant element found in
organic matter, notably in the
hydrocarbons that make up
many of our fuels, such as
gasoline, natural gas,
methanol, and propane.
 Hydrogen can be combined
with gasoline, ethanol,
methanol, or natural gas to
reduce nitrogen oxide
emissions

20. Renewable energy
 Wind power
 Solar panel
 Hydropower
 Thermal power
 Hydropower

21. References
 https://www.americansecurityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Ending-
our-Dependence-on-Oil.pdf
 https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/guide-to-alternative-fuels
 https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy01osti/27957.pdf
 https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/historical/imported_oil.pdf
 https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/biatstream/10644/1/dp030059.pdf