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Alternative Fuels: Moving U.S. Trasnport Off Oil

ALTERNATIVE FUELS: MOVING U.S. TRANSPORT OFF OIL

David E. Lane

U85-5550 The Politics of Oil
Graduate Program in International Affairs
Washington University in St. Louis
Spring Semester 2006



Introduction

A single day’s news reflects the broader ramifications of U.S. dependence on fossil fuels. Securitization of oil and energy supplies is a major focus of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and around the globe, but these efforts have a far greater cost than just what we see at the pump. Military operations in Iraq alone have cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars but rather than...

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