Twenty in Ten – Facts sheet

Jan 2007

President Bush asked congress and America's scientists, farmers, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs to join him in pursuing the goal of reducing U.S. gasoline usage by 20 percent in the next ten years – Twenty in Ten.
America will reach the president's twenty in ten goal by:
increasing the supply of renewable and alternative fuels by setting a mandatory fuels standard to require 35 billion gallons of renewable and alternative fuels in 2017 – nearly five times the 2012 target now in law. In 2017, this will displace 15 percent of projected annual gasoline use.
reforming and modernizing corporate average fuel economy (cafe) standards for cars and extending the current light truck rule. In 2017, this will reduce projected annual gasoline use by up to 8.5 billion gallons, a further 5 percent reduction that, in combination with increasing the supply of renewable and alternative fuels, will bring the total reduction in projected annual gasoline use to 20 percent.
The president's plan to strengthen america's energy security also includes:
stepping up domestic oil production in environmentally sensitive ways.
doubling the current capacity of the strategic petroleum reserve (spr) to 1.5 billion barrels by 2027.
A summary of the main American target to reduce fossil fuel consumption are illustrated in this information sheet.

By: White House Office of Communications, US

 
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