Kicking the gasoline & petro-diesel habit
Subtitle: a business manager's blueprint for action
By: Charles Cresson Wood
Edition: Version 1.0.
Publisher: InfoSecurity Infrastructure, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sausalito, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 764
ISBN-13: 9780979991400
Subjects: Petroleum; Petroleum conservation; Petroleum industry and trade; Forecasting; Petroleum reserves; Automobiles; Fuel consumption; Economic aspects; Gasoline; Prices; Fuel switching; Alternative fuel vehicles; Corporate culture; Organizational change; Industrial management
Other titles: Kicking the gasoline and petro-diesel habit
Description: Contains a wide variety of practical material including 30 specific reasons why an organization should immediately transition away from gasoline and petro-diesel. To help the reader navigate the corporate politics that go along with this hot topic, the report defines 36 psychological impediments to moving ahead with a transition, as well as providing suggestions on how to finesse each one of these. An extensive list of the pros and cons is provided for 17 specific methods to conserve petroleum fuels, 32 new technologies to significantly boost the efficiency of vehicles still using petroleum fuels, and 12 practical and now-available alternative transportation fuels. A wealth of management-oriented advice is bundled with the report, including 34 action steps to guide a successful transition effort, 30 suggested criteria for making business-related transition decisions, 95 criteria with which to evaluate alternative fuels, and 50 different management strategies to successfully navigate the transition. Web links and company names are also provided for well over 500 organizations that offer products and services that can expedite this transition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-701).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The severity and timing of peak oil; title: Reasons to immediately transition away from gasoline & petro-diesel; title: Reasons why so little has been done to address this problem; title: Ways to conserve gasoline & petro-diesel; title: Ways to increase the efficiency of gasoline & petro-diesel vehicles; title: Ways to replace gasoline & petro-diesel vehicles; title: Strategies for managing the transition away from gasoline & petro-diesel; title: Suggested step-by-step action plan; title: Statement of the author's independence; title: Annotated list of references consulted.