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Fossil fuels -- future fuels

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/650261

Subject(s) - fossil fuel , natural resource economics , renewable energy , coal , barrel (horology) , renewable fuels , energy supply , environmental impact of the energy industry , restructuring , natural gas , energy source , environmental protection , energy policy , business , environmental science , waste management , energy (signal processing) , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , statistics , electrical engineering , mathematics , finance

Fossil fuels -- coal, oil, and natural gas -- built America`s historic economic strength. Today, coal supplies more than 55% of the electricity, oil more than 97% of the transportation needs, and natural gas 24% of the primary energy used in the US. Even taking into account increased use of renewable fuels and vastly improved powerplant efficiencies, 90% of national energy needs will still be met by fossil fuels in 2020. If advanced technologies that boost efficiency and environmental performance can be successfully developed and deployed, the US can continue to depend upon its rich resources of fossil fuels

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