Resources

We’ve gathered resources for you to learn more about our country’s dependence on oil and what experts are saying can be done to address the problem.

Department of Energy Resources

• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (U.S. Department of Energy):
  http://www.eere.energy.gov/
• Clean Cities Program: Clean Cities strives to advance the nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the reduction of petroleum consumption.
  http://www1.eere.energy.gov/clean cities/
• Energy Information Administration: Official energy statistics from the U.S. government
  http://www.eia.doe.gov/
• National Renewable Energy Lab:
  http://www.nrel.gov/
• Technical Assistance Program:
  http://www.eere.energy.gov/wip/tap.cfm
• Challenge X:
  http://www.challengex.org/
• Building America: The Builder's Challenge
  http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/challenge/
• Solar Decathlon:
  http://www.solardecathlon.org/
• EcoCar: The NeXT Challenge:
  http://www.ecocarchallenge.org/
• Automotive X Prize:
  http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/

Technologies and Solutions

• Alternative Fuels and Alternative Vehicles:
  http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/ and http://www.fueleconomy.gov/Feg/current.shtml
• Biofuels:
  http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biofuels.html

State/Local Initiatives and Best Practices

• California Energy Commission’s Fuels and Transportation Division: created to focus on transportation energy and alternatives to conventional fuels.
  http://www.energy.ca.gov/transportation/index.html
• US Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Center:
  http://usmayors.org/climate protection/

Academic/Research institutions

• Stanford University Energy Modeling Forum:
  http://www.stanford.edu/group/EMF/
• UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies:
  http://www.its.ucdavis.edu/index.php

Policy/Nonprofit Organizations

• Brookings Institute:
  http://www.brookings.edu/topics/energy-security.aspx
• Center for Strategic and International Studies:
  http://www.csis.org/energy/
• National Resources Defense Council:
  http://www.nrdc.org/energy/
• Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS):
  http://www.iags.org/
• Rocky Mountain Institute:
  http://www.rmi.org/
• Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE):
  http://www.secureenergy.org/site/page.php?index
• Set America Free Coalition:
  http://www.setamericafree.org/

Prizes

• Prizes for Technological Innovation:
  A Hamilton Project article by Thomas Kalil outlining the rationale for science, technology, and innovation “inducement prizes” which spur contestants to accomplish a goal for prize money.

Supply and Demand

• Crude Oil Supply:
  A report by the “Energy Watch Group” about future crude oil supply and demand patterns.
• Uncertainty about Future Oil:
  The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report about future oil uncertainty and the importance of and ideas for developing a strategy for peak and demand oil.

Military and Security

• Huntington Testimony:
  Testimony from Hillard Huntington, Executive Director of Stanford University’s Energy Modeling Forum, on oil price volatility/disruption and economic consequences.
• Military and Fuel Pressure:
  An Associated Press article on the affect of high oil prices on the military.

Economy

• NRDC Securing America:
  A report by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security on the affect of oil dependence and the economy and national security and recommended actions to Congress.
• OPEC_CIBC report:
  OPEC’s production versus its internal consumption gap by CIBC World Markets.

Transportation

• Woolsey Energy:
  James Woolsey (Freedom Prize Board Member) National Commission on Energy Policy Congressional Testimony outlining US transportation sector vulnerability to dependence on petroleum and measures to enhance oil security

Oil and Supply Chain

• Oil and Supply Chain:
  An article by MIT’s Larry Lapide on developing an oil footprint and the affects of oil dependence on supply chains.