2006-06-13 11:52:17 · 10 answers · asked by chad_ryba 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Currently it's just not cost effective, since it is cheaper to produce gasoline than other methods. However, with the increase in natural gas shortage, and thus higher gas prices, these alternatives will become much more valuable and sought after.
2006-06-13 11:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by moonmagic5000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technology is not cheap.
If technology was cheap...
we wouldn't need people to flip burgers.
we wouldn't need people to assemble vehicles.
we wouldn't need workers to pick crops.
Why don't we use solar panels on all our houses? The answer is that it takes 8-10 years for the initial cost of the solar panels to even begin to pay for themselves.
Our problem is what is cost effective. Gasoline is CHEAP! Where else can you get a gallon of anything for $3 that has the ability to do so much.
When gasoline gets to the cost of other alternative fuels, the alternative technologies will take over. People will do what is most cost effective.
2006-06-13 18:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by hsueh001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we HAVE the technology to run on other than gas, but its not the oil companies, its the car who cover the new evolutions in energy sources. its really not that hard to figure out. if car companies produced different energy using vehicles, the oil companies would not make any money and thats the end of their business
2006-06-13 19:07:32 · answer #3 · answered by yawhatever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres still too much money to be made off of fossil fuel! Greedy little oil trolls have to make more money! Even then they won't be happy until they buy the presidency, oops! they already did it!
2006-06-13 19:00:31 · answer #4 · answered by RhinoBoy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE THE GREATEST FUEL SOURCE KNOWN TO MAN, IS H E M P ,WHICH HAS 55,000 NON-DRUG USES,
SOFTER THAN COTTON AND STRONGER THAN NYLON,
UNFORTUNATLY IT IS ALSO THE PLANT M A R I J U N A
COMES FROM, MAKING IT ILLEGAL AFTER 1937 BECAUSE OF GOVERMENTAL INVOLVMENT. JUST THINK G O D ' S
GIFT TO MANKIND THWARTED BE POLITICAL POSTURING,
PHOOEY!! IF 7% OF OUR NATION PLANTED HEMP, WE
COULD SOLVE OUR FUEL CRISES AND ENERGY PROBLEM!
2006-06-13 19:08:53 · answer #5 · answered by crystalaxxe1218 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gas companies have too much money and can affect what the car companies produce...duhhhhh
2006-06-13 18:56:20 · answer #6 · answered by blueman2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause oil companies run the country
2006-06-13 18:56:01 · answer #7 · answered by webjnke1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real easy, politics and money, mainly politics.
2006-06-13 18:56:38 · answer #8 · answered by Xavier Shinzon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause it takes money to do that, and bush would rather spend the money on war.
2006-06-13 18:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by halochick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greedy oil bastards!!!! Example: Bush
2006-06-13 18:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by LiZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋