Steps to reduce oil consumption 1.regulating use of pvt cars, 2 reduction of Govt expenditure on cars,buses, and dept vehecles.. these govt personnel, whether IAS/IPS, and Ministers etc, are supposed to be public servants, and should set example to public by using public transport., u 3. Reduce taxes, duties on petrol & diesel., 4. Make IOC, HPCL, Oil India. ONGC, etc to be more efficient, and economic in their administration. 5.These indian companies, have british/american standards of benefits to their employees, w/o having such work ethics. 6.Lastly, Our govt must strive for better terms for trading with Gulf countries., & other oil exporting countries. 7. We must subsidize like Venezuela, so that our people have access to petrol/diesel at cheaper rates, & for this our Fm/Govt must find ways/ means to compensate oil subsidies, by reduction in Govt expenditure.