Do some research and determine approximately how many gasolinepowered vehicles there are in the United States as well as the averagenumber of vehicle miles traveled (per vehicle) annually.

a) If theaverage fuel efficiency of these vehicles is 20 mpg what is the annualtotal number of gallons of gas consumed in the United States?

b)If fuel economy remains constant, but the average number of vehiclemiles increases by 3% per year, how many gallons of gas will be requiredannually in the year 2035?

c) If average fuel efficiencyincreases to 75 mpg in the year 2035 and the total number of vehiclemiles driven is 1/2 of what was driven in 2015, how many gallons of gaswould then be required in the year 2035?

2. This question will use two primary data products:

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx…

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/realprices/

Toget an idea of volatility, look at the real time prices of gasoline andnotice the sharp transition from June 2008 to January 2009. Also, ingeneral, note that summer time prices are higher than winter time prices(set the real time price of gasoline to monthly)

Use the data available in the two links above to answer the following questions and document your process at all times.

a)Determine and report the average use of gasoline over the 3 monthperiod june, july, and august for the years 2006, 2008,2010,2013, 2017.

b) Determine and report the average real time gasoline price (this is the blue line) during these same 5 time periods.

c) What percentage reduction in the use of gasoline was there from 2008 compared to 2006.

d) What percentage increase in the use of gasoline was there from 2017 compared to 2013.

e) From this information, comment on the sensitivity of American driving habits to the price of gasoline.

3.Research and report on some of the current practical and technicalproblems associated with the storage of hydrogen as well as ON boardstorage in the case of vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

4.Research and report on the Geothermal capacity of the Pacific Northwest(Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). Identify any current orplanned projects that are underway. Also, research the performance ofthe Geysers project Geothermal plant in California and explain why it islosing capacity over time.

5. Research and report on the totalpower requirements in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idahoand Montana) in units of Megawatts. How much of that power is currentlyin the form of hydroelectricity and how much of that power is currentlybased on wind?

From this, and given the potential of geothermalenergy in this region, comment on whether or not it is feasible toremove all the hydroelectric dams in this region.