If 60% of U.S. petroleum use goes for transportation, and 1% of this goes for buses, how much oil could be saved per year if all buses were electrified (assuming the electrical energy was generated from nonpetroleum resources)? What is this in MBPD?

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 If 60% of U.S. petroleum use goes for transportation, and 1% of this goes for buses, how much oil could be saved per year if all buses were electrified (assuming the electrical energy was generated from nonpetroleum resources)? What is this in MBPD? 

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