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Energy Independence from Declining Oil Production in Alaska? Not Likely30 Mar

President Obama has repeatedly stressed the need for energy independence, and, in particular, a reduction in imported oil. How is that possible given the constantly declining oil production curve illustrated below for Alaska? Peak production was reached in 1988. The United States has a total of 254,212,610 registered highway vehicles in 2009. How can that […]
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Energy Independence from Declining Oil Production in Lower 48 States? Not Likely30 Mar

President Obama has repeatedly stressed the need for energy independence, and, in particular, a reduction in imported oil. How is that possible given the constantly declining oil production curve illustrated below for the lower 48 states? Peak production was reached in 1970.         The United States has a total of 254,212,610 registered […]
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The Futility of Crude Oil Conservation in the United States01 Mar

In a recent article entitled, “Drill here, sell there, pay more,” Representative Ed Markey, wrote, “For the first time in 62 years, since Harry Truman was president, the United States was a net exporter of oil products. An estimated $88 billion worth of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products was sent to overseas […]
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Failure of U.S. Energy Policy22 Feb

The energy flow diagram below depicts sources of energy and their utilization. For example, petroleum is used by transportation (70%) and manufacturing (30%). The energy output of these two services flows into rejected energy and energy services (i.e., energy conservation). Natural gas is used for electrical energy generation, as well as heating for residential, commercial […]
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Electricity Consumers More Concerned About Cost Than the Environment09 Feb

In a blog post of February 4, 2012, I wrote, “In spite of extensive incentives from U.S. federal and state governments…, renewable energy consumption of solar and wind from 2006 to 2010 has been underwhelming at best.” That observation was confirmed in a recent article in the Boston Globe (January 31, 2012), “Green electricity finds […]

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.