{"id":1887,"date":"2022-03-19T15:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/19\/looming-oil-crisis-has-energy-watchdog-begging-people-to-drive-less\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T15:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:42:17","slug":"looming-oil-crisis-has-energy-watchdog-begging-people-to-drive-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/19\/looming-oil-crisis-has-energy-watchdog-begging-people-to-drive-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Looming oil crisis has energy watchdog begging people to drive less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/18\/22985024\/international-energy-agency-oil-crisis-drive-less\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/18\/22985024\/international-energy-agency-oil-crisis-drive-less<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"80.617254901961\">\n<p id=\"sO3EdL\">With gas prices painfully high, there\u2019s a new plea coming from the international agency established to secure the globe\u2019s oil supply: drive less to avoid a deeper energy crunch. That was the key takeaway from a 10-point <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/a-10-point-plan-to-cut-oil-use\">plan<\/a> the International Energy Agency (IEA) released today as the world nears peak oil demand season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"j5rZaf\">\u201cAs a result of Russia\u2019s appalling aggression against Ukraine, the world may well be facing its biggest oil supply shock in decades, with huge implications for our economies and societies,\u201d IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/news\/emergency-measures-can-quickly-cut-global-oil-demand-by-2-7-million-barrels-a-day-reducing-the-risk-of-a-damaging-supply-crunch\">press release<\/a>. \u201cWe can also take action on demand to avoid the risk of a crippling oil crunch.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"BL4oOh\"><q>\u201cThe world may well be facing its biggest oil supply shock in decade\u201d<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"4c8apl\">If advanced economies \u2014 which account for nearly half of global oil demand \u2014 can cut back on their oil habit,<strong> <\/strong>they could slash demand by 2.7 million barrels a day within four months, the agency says. That would be like erasing the demand for oil from<strong> <\/strong>all the cars in China, according to the IEA. <\/p>\n<p id=\"A1MBik\">Some of the fixes that cut down on gas demand the most, per the IEA, are surprisingly simple. For starters, carpool. Of course, you could take public transport, walk, or bike instead. The IEA asks public transit operators to reduce their fares to encourage more people to take buses and trains.<\/p>\n<p id=\"xdTXEf\">The IEA also proposes working from home several times a week to avoid the commute. Perhaps the biggest lift it proposes is for cities to designate \u201cCar-free Sundays.\u201d At the bottom of the list is a suggestion to \u201cReinforce the adoption\u201d of electric and more efficient vehicles \u2014 electric cars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/11\/22973174\/gas-prices-electric-vehicles-inventory-russia\">can\u2019t save consumers<\/a> from soaring costs anyway.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"Ckp7gF\">If you do need to take your old gas-guzzler somewhere, the IEA suggests you take other measures to improve fuel efficiency \u2014 like turning the air conditioning to a lower setting and monitoring your car\u2019s tire pressure. Don\u2019t drive as fast; the IEA recommends lowering speed limits. And of course, cars aren\u2019t the only vehicles to use<strong> <\/strong>oil \u2014 when it comes to flying, the IEA recommends taking a train or other modes of transportation instead.<\/p>\n<p id=\"nnyTbj\">While these measures were spurred by the immediate crisis of war, it\u2019s worth getting used to these changes in the long run. After all, oil dependency is making other crises worse. \u201cReducing oil use must not remain a temporary measure,\u201d the IEA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/news\/emergency-measures-can-quickly-cut-global-oil-demand-by-2-7-million-barrels-a-day-reducing-the-risk-of-a-damaging-supply-crunch\">said<\/a> today. \u201cSustained reductions are important not only to improve countries\u2019 energy security but also to tackle climate change and reduce air pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/18\/22985024\/international-energy-agency-oil-crisis-drive-less\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/18\/22985024\/international-energy-agency-oil-crisis-drive-less<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: With gas prices painfully high, there\u2019s a new plea coming from the international agency established to secure the globe\u2019s oil supply: drive less to avoid a deeper energy crunch. That was the key takeaway from a 10-point plan the International Energy Agency (IEA) released today as the world nears peak oil demand season. \u201cAs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,40,26],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-environment","category-science","tag-energy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Looming oil crisis has energy watchdog begging people to drive less - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/19\/looming-oil-crisis-has-energy-watchdog-begging-people-to-drive-less\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looming oil crisis has energy watchdog begging people to drive less - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: With gas prices painfully high, there\u2019s a new plea coming from the international agency established to secure the globe\u2019s oil supply: drive less to avoid a deeper energy crunch. 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