A Growing Supply of Alternative Fuels

In my line of work to protect public health and the environment from car and truck pollution, one of the largest barriers continues to be, frankly, the lack of clean, alternative fuel choices. For every fifteen gasoline stations you drive by, on average only one will offer an alternative fuel option. That virtual monopoly by the oil industry may soon change, based on a report released today by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4Tech, Potential Low-Carbon Fuel Supply to the Pacific Region of North America. The researchers found that the Pacific Coast region can greatly diversify its fuel mix through an abundance of low carbon fuels, which could provide over a quarter of our transportation energy by 2030, a three-fold increase versus today's levels.