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Winning the Oil Endgame

June 15, 2005 /

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The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense, has released a report that suggests a roadmap for getting the United States “completely, attractively, and profitably off oil.” According to RMI, the report outlines how American industry can restore competitiveness and boost profits by mobilizing modern technologies and smart business strategies to displace oil more cheaply than buying it.

Without taxation or new federal regulation, the strategy calls for the United States to save half its oil usage through efficiency, with competitive biofuels and saved natural gas accounting for the rest of the United States’ energy needs.

Read More: http://www.oilendgame.com/

(Many thanks to Linda Tracy for passing this along.- Russ)