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?It is possible to characterize the North American transportation response to energy matters as profligacy in the use of universally available oil-based fuels before 1974, followed by conservation until about 1980, with efforts to develop or promote the use of alternative fuels ever since then. This discussion deals with the last phase in Canada, particularly as regards propane and compressed natural gas (CNG). Special attention is focused on the evolving use of these gaseous fuels from the perspective of the vehicle owner or operator. It is argued that the issue must be viewed at two levels, the material and the psychological. With regard to the latter, it is asserted here that, at the currently low levels of crude oil prices and consumption taxes, gas prices to Canadians (and probably Americans as well) are so low that most motorists do not even consider alternative fuels, no matter how economical they may be in fact.?-Sage

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DANIEL SPERLING is Associate Professor of Transportation, Engineering and Environmental Studies at the University of California at Davis. He coordinated the symposium Alternative Transportation Fuels in the 1990s and Beyond on July 17-19, 1988. He is the author of two other books, including New Transportation Fuels: A Strategic Approach to Technological Change (1988) and coauthor of National Transportation Planning. He is Director of the Transportation Research Program of the University of California, Davis, and chair of the Alternative Transportation Fuels Committee of the Transportation Research Board (National Research Council).

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