Reducing US oil demand, not production, is the way forward for the climate | Brookings
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United States oil production is a lightning rod for the environmental community the best way to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the oil industry is to reduce oil demand, rather than focusing on reducing domestic oil production changing our patterns of fuel demand will actually, perma
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- United States oil production is a lightning rod for the environmental community
- the best way to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the oil industry is to reduce oil demand, rather than focusing on reducing domestic oil production
- changing our patterns of fuel demand will actually, permanently decrease U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
- changing our patterns of fuel demand will actually, permanently decrease U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
- United States is not the world’s marginal producer of oil, meaning that eliminating a project in the United States will not meaningfully reduce global oil production
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