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U.S. Outstripping Saudi Arabian and Russian Oil Production by 2020? Don’t Bet On It19 Nov

Considerable Gold Rush buzz is streaming throughout the news media about U.S. oil production. According to the Economist, “On November 12th the International Energy Agency (IEA), the rich world’s energy club, forecast that America could become the world’s largest oil producer by 2020, outstripping Saudi Arabia and Russia.” Similar exhilarating headlines are found in Forbes, Bloomberg, […]
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TV Commercial from the American Petroleum Institute: Disingenuous17 Apr

According to an American Petroleum Institute (API) TV commercial, “The U.S. has enough untapped oil and natural gas resources to power more than 60 million cars and heat 160 million households for 60 years. But unlike many countries, our Congress puts much of it off-limits. A majority of Americans say that should change. Today’s technology […]
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American Petroleum Institute Propaganda versus Facts on Oil and Gas13 Oct

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is opposed to raising taxes on the oil and gas industries. According to the API, the preferred approach is increasing access to domestic energy. That would add 530,000 jobs and create $194B in new revenue, according to a recent API TV ad. The API assumption is that there are accessible […]
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“Drill, Baby, Drill” and the Price of Gasoline26 Jun

Several decades ago the United States was a major exporter of crude oil. There was plenty of secure, domestic crude oil to make gasoline for passenger cars. Gasoline prices were generally stable. Now the United States imports 60 percent of its crude oil needs. That means availability of gasoline for 137 million passenger  cars is […]
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No Government Plan for Declining U.S. Oil Production28 Feb

Production is falling at United States oil reservoirs in the lower 48 states, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico as shown in the following figures. United States crude oil imports, therefore, are increasing and are now 60 percent of oil consumption in contrast to several decades ago when the United States was a major oil […]

About Dr. Everson

Prior to forming this autonomous vehicle consultant practice, Dr. Jeffrey Everson was director of business development for QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group (previously Foster-Miller, Inc.).

Dr. Everson has been the principal investigator for collision warning systems for automobiles and inner-city transit buses. These programs were awarded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). For his work on developing a collision warning system for inner-city transit buses, Everson was the first U.S. Department of Transportation contractor to win an SBIR Tibbetts Award.

Previously Dr. Everson held senior scientist positions at Battelle Memorial Institute, The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC), Honeywell Electro Optics Systems Division, and Itek Optical Systems Division.

He holds a PhD in physics from Boston College and a MS/BS in physics from Northeastern University.

Contact

For more information about how JHEverson Consulting can help your company with autonomous vehicles, please contact Jeff Everson.

JHEverson Consulting is based in the Boston area but consults for clients throughout North America.