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| The Center for Creating the Future |
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| Institute for the Post-Petroleum Era at the Center for Creating the Future (CCF), Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Mission: to investigate alternatives to gasoline and diesel fuels, including all measures to reduce consumption of fossil fuels. |
| Director of the Institute Steve McCrea [email protected] Telephone: (954) 463-0310 FAX (954) 463-0158 As a consultant to the CCF, Steve performs the following functions: � Lectures and speaking engagements, conventions, trade shows and workshops. � Publishing a web-based treatise on the role of alternative fuels in the post-petroleum era � Established the Campaign for Wise Use of Petroleum (CWUP), a proposal based on intergenerational cooperation (Is it better to use a gallon of petroleum to drive a sports car or to power an ambulance? Is a gallon of petroleum better as a liquid fuel for emergency vehicles or as plastic parts for toys?) � He advocates a wider discussion of alternatives to petroleum, focusing on improved land use AFV Advice, Fort Lauderdale, FL Steve is a consultant to various companies on electric and propane vehicles � Speaker at conventions, trade shows and workshops. � He researches, writes and distributes books, articles and press releases for clients � He completed a 3000-mile demonstration of propane-powered vehicles (1993). � On-going consulting about how to select the right alternative fuel for the right application |
| Our Contract for Parking "Creating the Future of Parking in Broward County" |
| Click here to visit The Discussion Page for the Parking Study |
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| Summary of the Urban Mobility Report 2001 According to this study of 68 urban regions in the USA, the average delay from traffic congestion is 38 hours per person per year. The typical rush-hour trip takes 32 percent more time than the same trip taken during off-peak hours. Texas Transportation Institute www.texastransportationinstitute.org: www.tti.tamu.edu www.tti.org Travel Initiative |
| The items below are links to issues that are of interest to people who are getting ready for the post-petroleum era... which includes more efficient use of what is left. |
| Get Ready For V2G Powered by a fuel cell, vehicles like this Toyota Highlander could become the distributed power plants of the future. By Bill Moore http://www.evworld.com/databases/storybuilder.cfm?storyid=227 Willett Kempton, professor, College of Marine Studies and Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware. August 26,2001 Advocates of electric-drive vehicles point to their quiet, low-cost operation and near zero emissions as two of the strongest arguments for EVs, including battery, fuel cell and hybrid electric-vehicles. Now there is a third, perhaps even more compelling reason supporting the adoption of electric-drive technologies, the energy crisis. As strange as this might sound, the electric-drive automobile could just be the answer to helping meet growing energy demand. EV World has previously interviewed Dr. Steve Letendre and Dr. Alec Brooks on the concept of using the electricity generated by an electric-drive vehicle to help power homes and businesses in the future. Their colleague in this research is Dr. Willett Kempton. CLICK HERE for the full story. |
| Read about Vehicle to Grid (a study from the University of Delaware) A big idea from a small state http://www.udel.edu/V2G/ |
| Are you interested in data bout energy used in transporation ?? Visit the web site for Oak Ridge National Lab's publications http://www-cta.ornl.gov/Publications/tedb.html |
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| Visit the Car Talk area about "Eco-Cars" http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Eco/fringe.html |
| Click here to go to Alternative Forms of Transportation... "Will we ever pry American hands off the steering wheel?" |