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Air Quality and Petroleum Consumption to Drive Alternative Fuel Market

3 January 2001

Air Quality and Petroleum Consumption Will Drive the Alternative Fuel Vehicles Market in 2001

    NEW YORK, Jan. 2 According to a survey conducted by
industry publication AltFuels Advisor, industry and government leaders have
identified these major trends that will contribute to the growth of the
alternative fuels vehicle industry's growth for 2001:

    -- Petroleum displacement strategies
    -- The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules for low-sulfur
       diesel fuel.
    -- The EPA's case before the Supreme Court on the agency's rule on ozone
    -- Methyl tertiary butyl ether phaseouts
    -- Clean power production

    The long-range outlook proposes that fuel cells and, ultimately, a
hydrogen fuel economy is on the horizon.  Experts make the interesting point
that rather than phasing out current alternative fuels, the opposite is true.
Nearly every alternative fuel will have a place in the new hydrogen economy.