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Ans) The most dominant fossil fuel used is Oil with 717Mtoe annual consumption, followed by natural gas with 296 Mtoe annual consumption and then coal with 22Mtoe annual consumption. 2) Where are the dominant fossil fuels mainly used in your country? Ans) The oil is majorly utilized for transportation purpose (553Mtoe), while natural gas is utilized extensively for residential, commercial and agricultural purpose (163 Mtoe) 3) It is your task to create a new policy in order to improve the environmental friendly and sustainable sources and consumption of energy of your country. How would you do that? Think of how you can improve the sources and the consumption of energy. Ans) As noted, since oil is extensively used for transportation purpose in USA, the focus has to be to reduce its usage in this sector. According to United States Department of Transportation, approximately 250 million personal vehicles are registered in the USA, which amounts to about 25% of all personal vehicles in the world. And their Statistics say that 86% of personal vehicles are used to commute to office, out of which 76.3% are driven single. Only 5% utilize the public transport. Considering the scenario, citizens have to be encouraged to use the public transport more often. For doing so, the following strategies can be considered. 1. Improve Rail network - Provide more rail inter-connections between cities 2. Provide more Bus routes connecting Rail Stations 3. Increase Bus routes or networks within cities 4. Improve the Frequency of Bus services The second dominant fossil fuel used is natural gas in residential, commercial and agricultural sectors for Space cooling, space heating, water heating, cooking, ferilizers, pumps etc. Its usuage can be reduced if electricity is used instead. Solar panels being environment friendly and sustainable source, can be extensively used to generate the required electricity. ![Rail Network][1] Rail Network ![Provide Bus routes to Railway Station][2] Provide Bus routes to Stations ![Increase Bus Frequency][3] Increase Bus Frequency [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14464936603908304.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14464936857723197.jpg [3]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14464937192624983.jpg