Oil From Spill Could Have Powered 38,000 Cars, 3,400 Trucks and 1,800 Ships For Year, UD Researcher Says
- By May 5 (15 days after the spill), the oil lost could have fueled 470 container ships serving New York and New Jersey ports for a year.
- By May 25 (35 days after the spill), energy from the spilled oil could have provided a year’s gasoline for all registered automobiles (about 26,000 cars) in Newark, Del., where UD’s main campus is located.
- By May 31 (41 days after the spill), the lost energy could have fueled one freight truck on 17 trips across all 4 million miles of U.S. highway.
Corbett’s research collaborations focus on ways to improve the energy performance of transportation systems using ships, trucks, trains, and other vehicles. There are ways to reduce the need for offshore oil drilling, Corbett says:
- If we improve automobile fuel economy to 35.5 miles per gallon (mpg), as proposed by the current administration, we would offset demand equivalent to the gasoline energy lost by 199 years of Deepwater Horizon daily releases.
- If we add only 2 mpg to the fuel economy for trucks, as proposed by the Union of Concerned Scientists, we would offset diesel-driven energy demand equivalent to 12 years ofDeepwater Horizon daily releases.
- Rebalancing how we transport goods would achieve substantial energy savings. A shift from truck to rail for specific commodities/routes would require about 20 percent of the energy per ton-mile compared to trucking. Achieving this would require an investment in infrastructure and green logistics to facilitate intermodal combinations of trucking and rail rather than treating the modes as competitors.
- Shifting passengers from single-occupant cars to car-sharing/carpooling and better transit also would produce important reductions.
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