Saving Oil in a Hurry - draft report, free online (or pay the IEA 60 Euros for the official pdf) 744 kb http://www.stcwa.org.au/journal/210405/files/background_IEA.pdf
http://www.stcwa.org.au/journal/210405/1111995660_30077.html Sustainable Transport Coalition Saving Oil in a Hurry: Measures for Rapid Demand Restraint in Transport This draft report below prepared by the International Energy Agency in February 2005 is very important. It provides a new, quantitative assessment of the potential impacts and costs of oil demand restraint measures in transport, under the conditions of a supply disruption or other oil-related emergency. In short, there appear to be opportunities to achieve substantial reductions in transportation oil demand quickly and cheaply - if countries are prepared. ------- http://www.iea.org/bookshop/add.aspx?id=197 IEA Publications Bookshop Press Release http://www.iea.org/Textbase/press/pressdetail.asp?PRESS_REL_ID=146 Table of Contents http://www.iea.org/textbase/nptoc/SavingOilTOC.pdf Summary http://www.iea.org/textbase/npsum/SavingOilSUM.pdf 288kb Saving Oil in a Hurry, 168 pages, ISBN 92-64-10941-2 (2005) Type: Studies Subject: Transport ; Oil ; Emergency Preparedness ; Energy Efficiency During 2004, oil prices reached levels unprecedented in recent years. Though world oil markets remain adequately supplied, high oil prices do reflect increasingly uncertain conditions. Many IEA member countries and non-member countries alike are looking for ways to improve their capability to handle market volatility and possible supply disruptions in the future. This book aims to provide assistance. It provides a new, quantitative assessment of the potential oil savings and costs of rapid oil demand restraint measures for transport. Some measures may make sense under any circumstances; others are primarily useful in emergency situations. All can be implemented on short notice - if governments are prepared. The book examines potential approaches for rapid uptake of telecommuting, "ecodriving", and car-pooling, among other measures. It also provides methodologies and data that policymakers can use to decide which measures would be best adapted to their national circumstances. This "tool box" may help countries to complement other measures for coping with supply disruptions, such as use of strategic oil stocks. http://www.iea.org/Textbase/press/pressdetail.asp?PRESS_REL_ID=146 IEA Press Releases (05)07 IEA Press Release: Saving Oil in a Hurry 4/28/2005 Paris --- Today the IEA has issued a new analysis of measures that governments can use to "save oil in a hurry". There are many possible reasons why governments might want to save oil quickly; an obvious one is to cope with oil supply disruptions. "Our study shows that a number of measures could provide substantial reductions in transport oil use quickly and cheaply - if countries are well-prepared and act aggressively during an emergency", said Claude Mandil, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) at the launch of Saving Oil in a Hurry. This book provides an assessment of the potential oil savings and implementation costs of rapid oil demand restraint measures for transport. This tool box of measures includes new approaches towards telecommuting, car-pooling, transit use and "ecodriving" (fuel efficient driving styles), among other measures. If implemented by many IEA countries, certain combinations of measures could reduce world oil demand by a significant amount - on the order of a million barrels per day or more. Such actions could be used to complement supply-side measures (such as use of strategic oil stocks) to help countries cope with oil supply disruptions, and avoid physical shortages and associated price spikes. Some of the assessed measures may make sense for many situations, others primarily during emergencies; all can be implemented quickly - if governments are prepared. These measures are by no means a substitute for careful transportation planning, promoting efficiency improvements and other medium-term and long-term strategies. Perhaps most importantly, this book is intended to raise awareness that transport demand response is an important aspect in dealing with supply disruptions, apart from oil supply management. Oil demand in transport is indeed very "inelastic" in the short run. But the measures outlined can help to change that, by giving travellers more options for coping, and giving countries an important tool for lowering the duration and costs of petroleum supply disruptions. Public Information Office: (+33) 1 40 57 65 50 ; e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
