My Premise: Convert [regardless of the cost] the 90% of the US energy demands to hydogren. This will address 3 items of US concern. Global Terrorism, Global Warming, Economic Viability.
-By eliminating US Oil Demand you remove/reduce funding to Terrorist countries [essintally they will be, if not broke, unable to continue terrorist funding at the current levels]
-By convering to Hydrogen, the US will have reduced greenhouse emissions and helped slow the "potential" greenhouse effect.
-By setting up an internal energy production facilty capable of supplying all of our own energy needs energy prices will stabilize and the hundreds ofbillions we export now will stop.
Assumptions
90% - There will still be some vehicles that require oil based products [e.g. gas, jet fuels, lubricants]
Cost- It will be extremely expensive in the short run. [But just like any investment will pay off over the long haul].
Hazard- OPEC countries may raise the price of oil to stop this.
2007-01-30 22:17:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I tend to agree, to a point. If we could curb our oil appetite, the middle east would become so irrelevant no one would care what they do.
That would be a great day. But my guess is that the market will do this for us. It will just take longer, but it will happen eventually.
2007-01-30 22:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jon H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a wonderful Idea and OPEC could raise the price of oil to 1000 US dollars per liquid ounce and it wouldn't matter, the US does have a large oil stockpile, largely untapped.
The reason it won't happen is the amount of money the oil companies make, they just won't let it happen sadly.
2007-01-31 06:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by Malikail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds good to me. Not going to happen any time soon though, not with oil men in charge of the country. Of course if our leaders were serious about economic security and global warming it would happen now.
2007-01-31 06:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by industrialconfusion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋