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Could it be that the wealthy folks who literally own and control this country are heavily invested in carbon based fuels? Is our President, and 65 percent of our legislators (Democrats and Republicans) heavily invested in oil? Yes.
Now what was your question?
I actually belive that gas prices are increasing not only for the money but also because someone actually woke up and knows that if we dont stop using fossil fuels soon we are all gonna have bigger problems than prices going up.
You see if gas prices go super high no one but the rich will be able to afford it so solar power/wind power/ and nuclear power will have to be used instead. That will make it hard on a lot of people but ultimaly save millions of lives and I am not talking about human life only.
All species of life will benefit from the use of fossil fuels going down.
Maybe they're not economical without government subsidies.
I actually thought that too lcb and fivenotes, maybe higher oil prices is what we need to get alterative fuel taken serious, I think it is sad situation that almost everything our economies run on is fossil fuel related.
Alternative fuel means we could get the hell out of the middle east, and come on, we all know that's the reason we are there.
Everybody wins with alternative fuel
Choice #1. Hydrogen fuel cell technology has been around for decades, but it was 'bought' by the Big Three ... and promptly muzzled.
by mojo on Sun Aug 21, 05 8:33am
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Yep.
I agree a small bit with griffon and somewhat more with thc. If there was a nice profit (driving force behind developing most things) to be made from it, it would already be in mass production. Teh only logical answer is that, for various reasons, it is still more profitable to mass-produce gasoline-fueled automobiles.
Profitable does not equal sensible - at least not any more.
Fossil fuel is a non-renewable resource. It's the past. Alternatives are the future.
Furthermore, we don't want to rely on the Middle East to feed our habit. We can still live like kings, but we need a different approach: one based on American forward-thinking technology, not outdated methods that keep us living in an unrealistic time-warp bubble.
by mojo on Sun Aug 21, 05 2:14pm
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^Agreed. I simply was stating the likely reasons why it hasn't been done on a mass sacle yet.
There are a lot of people who have stakes in oil, including Bush's good friends the Saudis. Maybe that is why one of the first acts of congress following Bush's election was to eliminate the fuel economy standards for SUV's and trucks that were to have already been in effect.
Right now, if there were a viable oil alternative presented to the owrld, the world's economy would go straight into the dumper. There are just too many people across the globe whose livelihoods are tied to oil.
The Amerikin fascination with acceleration:
- you know, that handy stuff at traffic lights?
zero to 60 in under 4 secs.
Impresses the hell outa...
who?
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