what is your opinion about this statement, 'twenty years in future regular old oil will still be the dominant fuel. we will just end up paying more.' do you agree with the statement?
2007-08-11 20:45:49 · 5 answers · asked by Miss SaMRoN aLieHS 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
I remember back to 1974, when I was in Norfolk, VA. The gas problem was pretty bad there. My wife was in line for 2 hours and they closed the pumps just before she got there. Then they came out with the Oregon Plan where you could only get gas on even or odd days depending on your license plate number. We were running out of gas back then, and we only had so many more years of oil left. Oh, BTW, gas was at 39 cents a gallon then.
After about a month of this or a little more, the price of gas went to over 50 cents and all of a sudden the gas just reappeared magically. That was 33 years ago, and we are now using more gas than we did back then.
I suppose that in another 20 years we will be still using gas, that is what our system is based on and that is who has all the money. However, we will be paying more for it, just like the charade they put on 33 yrs ago, once the prices go up, then the oil will appear again.
good luck.
2007-08-11 21:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As much as I would like to say different I'm afraid so. There is absolutely no cooperation between the government and business to even think about alternate fuels. Politics as usual. Like always everybody likes to say they are for alternate energy sources but when reality sets in and they find out it may cost money they do not want to discuss it. Lets face it we are going to pay in the future anyway. The one big question that no one wants to answer is, what if tomorrow all of a sudden the oil ran out? Where would we be then? I wish that the governments of the world could just get together on this one issue. After all we are all in the same boat here and the oil will not last forever. The worlds proven reserves are not all that healthy.
2007-08-11 21:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by robert h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
imho, unless it suddenly becomes profitable to sell, fuel and maintain electric cars, the domestic auto makers will drag their feet in terms of producing. It is bad business practice to abandon a profitable (gasoline) method, especially when the big four all seem to be teetering on financial hardship. Whether the US government should get involved in relieving the retirement issues is another matter. Again, onto the profitable topic... The common explanation for the lag in production of EV's is the battery technology isn't ready and the hydrogen fuel cell is right around the corner. Hydrogen cars do exist, but the onboard storage issue has me shaking my head, it does sound good on paper. The argument that battery technology will take another five to ten years is Bull. There have been excellent batteries available for years. If only batteries ran on gasoline. we'd have plenty.
I believe there are open paths for the open minded. I personally like algae diesel and electric cars. Hybrid technology might have some longevity and service issues, but hey, for a current choice, they rock. On a final note, anyone who has operated air tools might smile at the thought of loading up some scuba tanks and ripping around town in a plastic fantanstic air car...
2007-08-11 21:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by nwmech221 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could go either way. either the world's economists will decide to focus on more fuel-efficient means of transportation for commercial and for business such as cars, trucks, trains and anything you can think of that uses gas and oil. OR economists feel they have "better fish to fry" and not really focus on it, letting the chance to change the economy slip away.... Personally i dont care what they do, i think it is fine now, but whatever. if it changes it changes and i could save money!
2007-08-11 20:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-08-11 21:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋