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Originally Posted by shovel
hm.. didn't know everyone was so opposed to making progress.
well i guess the most environmentally sound prospect is to take the millions of cars on the road and throw them out along with all the liquid fuel delivery infrastructure, re-educate the entire population on how to charge electric cars, and build millions of those.
then when we go on road trips we can stop every 80 miles for six hours while the electric cars charge.
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I agree we do need to re-educate the entire population. No one is opposed to making progress but there is no free lunch. Energy is not free you have to get it from somewhere. The biggest issue is that it's not going to be one thing like corn based ethanol that does the trick. It will have to be all things rolled together to work just like hypermiling. There is no silver bullet. We'll need solar, wind, electric, hybrids, bikes, trains, biofuels etc. We need to find the sources that work that will deliver the biggest bank for the buck and not just fill lobbyist pockets.
It's probably not happening fast enough for most but I think technology has made incredible progress in the last 10 years. It just takes a while to turn a big ship. YMMV (your mileage may very)