GAO Peak Oil Report Highlights Challenges in Transportation Sector

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The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report examining peak oil, exploring (1) when oil production could peak, (2) federal agency efforts that could reduce uncertainty about the timing of peak oil production or mitigate the consequences, and (3) the potential for transportation technologies to mitigate the consequences of a peak and decline in oil production.

In reviewing the potential for reduction in oil demand in the transportation sector over the next several decades, the GAO focused on:

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