FACT SHEET A Pathway to Cut Petroleum Consumption 50 Percent by 2030

The document outlines a pathway for California to halve its oil use by 2030 by extending and enhancing existing policies on vehicle efficiency, electrification, and land use planning.

• California's oil consumption decreased by 15 percent between 2007 and 2013, driven by state strategies including emissions standards for new vehicles, electric car mandates, clean vehicle incentives, and a market-based cap on carbon emissions.
• An analysis by ICF International indicates that current measures are projected to reduce oil consumption from 16.8 billion gasoline gallons equivalent (GGE) in 2015 to 12.7 billion GGE by 2030, representing a 24 percent reduction.
• To reach a 50 percent reduction by 2030, the document proposes a pathway consisting of four main components: fully implementing existing policies (24 percent reduction), increasing the market share of battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from 3 percent to 28 percent of new light-duty sales and expanding low-carbon liquid fuels (17 percent reduction), continuing annual fuel economy improvements of 5 percent for light-duty vehicles beyond 2025 and implementing heavy-duty truck standards (7 percent reduction), and enhancing regional transportation and land use planning to reduce vehicle miles by 8 percent (2 percent reduction).

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2016). FACT SHEET A Pathway to Cut Petroleum Consumption 50 Percent by 2030. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/01/Reducing-Oil-Use-in-California.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. FACT SHEET A Pathway to Cut Petroleum Consumption 50 Percent by 2030. 2016. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/01/Reducing-Oil-Use-in-California.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2016fact, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{FACT SHEET A Pathway to Cut Petroleum Consumption 50 Percent by 2030}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2016}, month = jan, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/01/Reducing-Oil-Use-in-California.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }