We started CONSENSEUS in March 2005 because the U.S. needed to work towards the best use of energy resources for transportation in North America. Our mission was to seek the balanced use of alternative fuels and technologies to achieve cleaner air, a healthier environment and energy security with reduced dependence upon imported petroleum.

Now, over 300 weekly newsletters later, we as a nation are closer than ever to fulfilling that mission as both fleet owners and consumers embrace alternative fuels and technologies for transportation.

As these top stories from 2011 attest, fleet owners are rapidly deploying natural gas vehicles, electric vehicle infrastructure continues to expand, automakers regularly debut hybrid vehicles, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are closer to reality, research on advanced biofuels is ongoing, and renewable biomethane is proving to be a valuable resource:

  • Waste Pro to Invest $100 Million in CNG Fleet

  • Walgreens to Host 800 EV Charge Points

  • Ford to Triple Hybrid Vehicle Production, Led by C-MAX Hybrid, C-MAX Energi

  • SunLine Transit Deploys 7th Generation Hydrogen-Fueled Bus

  • $80M Awarded to Washington Universities to Develop Biofuels

  • DeKalb County’s New CNG Trucks to be Fueled by Renewable Biomethane


Thank you for your interest in CONSENSEUS over the years.
This will be our last newsletter.

Happy New Year,

The CONSENSEUS Team

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Advocating the balanced
use of alternative energy resources and technologies
for transportation in
North America.

Natural gas, electric,
hybrid, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, biomethane
— many options, one goal.
 
Featured Studies
   
 

Waste to Wheels—A New Report on Turning Trash into Vehicle Fuel: A special Energy Vision report on the potential of renewable natural gas (RNG) or biomethane—a clean, petroleum-free, waste-based fuel.

     
  Report prepared by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Emission Testing of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Natural Gas and Diesel Transit Buses
     
 

New Research Study From Energy Futures, Inc.
Container Ports and Air Pollution: Examines how U.S. and international container ports are switching to clean alternative fuel vehicles for the movement of goods.

 

Fine-Particulate Air Pollution and Life Expectancy in the United States
This study of 51 U.S. metropolitan areas concludes that: A reduction in exposure to ambient fine-particulate air pollution contributed to significant and measurable improvements in life expectancy in the United States.
New England Journal of Medicine

LACMTA Success with 2,000+ NGV Bus Fleet
Metro estimates that it has cut approximately 64,000 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions and 50 tons of particulate matter from L.A. skies since it began using compressed natural gas buses.
LACMTA

Sick of Soot
Executive Summary of the Union of Concerned Scientist’s Sick of Soot report on diesel pollution and its health implications.
Union of Concerned Scientists

WMATA Transit Bus Case Study. Comparison of natural gas and diesel transit buses operating in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
WMATA

Business Week Special Section "Green Trucks"
Business Week

Reducing Climate Impacts in the Transportation Sector
A new book in which the world’s experts on climate change examine the potential for greenhouse gas reduction through the deployment of advanced technology and alternative fuels.
Dr. Daniel Sperling of ITS-UC Davis & James S. Cannon of Energy Futures

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