Conservation: 80% of Oil is Waste (green to gray/yellow)

We know we can move a ton 423 miles using one gallon of fuel (diesel). Yet in four billion of the eight  billion miles Americans drive daily in congested, repetitive travel we move a person 18 miles using one gallon of fuel. There is no energy crisis; there is a waste of energy crisis. Ending the waste, ends the crisis, ends Global Warming and ends Peak Oil. We need a better know-what. 423 mpg is practical, background Govern By Performance Standards Beat 100 mpg standard, 5X CAFE 5X CAFE Resolution on Beating 100 mpg InvestPRT With twice the carbon-footprint of diesel, electric cars provide little efficiency gain. Milage has not improved since the Model-T.

The following chart shows sources and uses of power. Power generation infrastructure (orange) is 69% inefficient. Oil and transportation at the bottom is 80% inefficient. Protected from competition by government policies, these infrastructures represent 100 year old know-how.

Oil prices will stabilize as efficiencies reduce demand; inflation will be suppressed. Decreasing oil imports will help the trade deficit and strengthen the dollar. Jobs created by re-tooling to sustainable infrastructure and lower costs will enable people to afford both their house payment and getting to work.

Why move a ton to move a person?

A waste is so great, it is changing the climate.

Waste indicated in Livermore graph accepts that moving a ton to move a person is appropriate.

Greater efficiencies are practical by challenging the assumption we must move a ton to move a person. This is illustrated by Parasitic Energy Consumption (PEC), a ratio of power required for a trip.

PEC illustrates the waste of massive vehicles in stop and go traffic.

"Beam me up Scotty", moving only what you want to move non-stop is perfect use of energy. It has a PEC equal to 1.

Increasing Parasitic Mass (vehicle mass) and Stop-Starts increases relative waste.

• Trains/buses
• PEC = 290
• 3 tons of vehicle
• 10 starts
• Cars
  • PEC = 275
  • 1 ton vehicle
  • 25 starts
• JPods
  • PEC = 4
  • 450 lb of vehicle
  • 1 starts
• "Scotty"
• PEC = 1
• 0 vehicle
• 1 starts

Relative waste of massive vehicles in stop and go traffic

FTE is Freight Train Equivalent. Long-haul freight and sea borne shipping set a "gold standard" of about 436 ton-miles per gallon of diesel. With that level of efficiency Global Warming and Peak Oil would not be problems.