Petroleum Reduction Planning Tool
From Open Energy Information
This interactive tool helps fleets, consumers, and business owners create a strategy to reduce conventional fuel use in fleet and personal vehicles. The tool allows users to evaluate and calculate petroleum reductions resulting from use of alternative fuels, hybrid electric vehicles, biodiesel blends, fuel economy, vehicle miles traveled reduction, truck stop electrification, or idling reduction.
This tool is included in the Transportation Toolkit from the LEDS Global Partnership.
When to Use This Tool
While building a low emission strategy for your country's transportation system, this tool is most useful during these key phases of the process:
- Prioritize & Plan - Evaluating proposed transport scenarios and choosing next steps
Learn more about the key actions you need to take to build a successful LEDS.
How to Use This Tool
This tool is most helpful when using these strategies:
- Avoid - Cut the need for travel
- Improve - Enhance infrastructure & policies
Learn more about the avoid, shift, improve framework for limiting air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Petroleum Reduction Planning tool helps fleets, consumers, and business owners create a strategy to reduce conventional fuel use in fleet and personal vehicles. This interactive tool allows users to evaluate and calculate petroleum reductions by choosing one or a combination of the following methods:
- Alternative Fuels
- Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- Biodiesel Blends
- Fuel Economy
- Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction
- Truck Stop Electrification
- Idling Time Reduction
- Onboard Idle Reduction