Saving Oil in a Hurry

Saving Oil in a Hurry

Overview

The International Energy Agency (IEA) examines a wide range of energy issues, including oil, gas, and coal supply and demand, renewable energy technologies, electricity markets, energy efficiency, and more. The IEA focuses on enhancing the reliability, affordability, and sustainability of energy in its 30 member countries, 7 association countries, and beyond.

Key Areas of Focus

1. Energy Security: Promoting diversity, efficiency, flexibility, and reliability for all fuels and energy sources.
2. Economic Development: Supporting free markets to foster economic growth and eliminate energy poverty.
3. Environmental Awareness: Analyzing policy options to offset the impact of energy production and use on the environment, especially for tackling climate change and air pollution.
4. Engagement Worldwide: Working closely with association and partner countries, especially major emerging economies, to find solutions to shared energy and environmental concerns.

Demand Restraint Measures

The report reviews and assesses various measures to reduce oil demand, including:

• Public Transport Systems: Expanding services, improving frequency, and hours.
• Employer and Institutional Transport Measures: Implementing telecommuting, compressed work hours, and employer travel demand management (TDM).
• Car and Ride Sharing: Encouraging ride-sharing programs and high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
• Eco-Driving and Vehicle In-Use Efficiency: Promoting eco-driving practices, tire inflation, and removing excess vehicle weight.
• Vehicle Operation, Fuel Pricing, and Taxation-Related Policies: Implementing distance-based pricing, road pricing, and dynamic parking measures.
• Driving Restrictions and Regulatory Approaches: Introducing driving bans and speed limit restrictions.
• Multi-Fuel Vehicles: Encouraging the use of alternative fuels.
• Freight Trucking: Improving logistics and reducing emissions.

Policy Interactions and Packages

The report discusses how different oil-saving measures can be combined to create synergies. It also examines how policies can be administered and devolved among national, regional, and municipal levels. The potential impacts of these measures across 14 regions based on the Mobility Model (MoMo) are analyzed.

Potential Global Oil Savings

The report provides detailed potential global oil savings by various measures, including:

• Public transit policy packages
• Employer and institutional TDM packages
• Car and ride-sharing and HOV lanes
• Eco-driving policy packages
• Pricing measures
• Driving bans and speed limit restrictions
• Fuel switching
• Road freight measures

Conclusion

The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of combining different oil-saving measures to achieve significant reductions in oil demand. It highlights the need for coordinated efforts at multiple levels of government and across sectors to effectively implement these measures.

Appendices

• Appendix 1: Summary of implementation cost-effectiveness of various measures (original study of 2005)
• Appendix 2: 14 regions based on the Mobility Model (MoMo)
• Appendix 3: Potential global oil savings per demand restraint measure

Figures and Tables

• Figure 1: Vehicles per capita in each of the regions of analysis (2014)
• Figure 2: Maps of indicators for the classification system (population density, fuel price, GDP per capita, and rapid transit infrastructure per capita)
• Figure 3-12: Potential global oil savings by various measures
• Table 1-21: Summary tables and qualitative cost assessments of various measures

This comprehensive analysis provides valuable insights into strategies for reducing oil demand and enhancing energy security, economic development, and environmental sustainability.