If we had a way to get off of oil, would you support it?

Question

If it meant trading in your vehicle for one that would last longer and not pollute. Would you do it?

I mean this as a serious question. Like say you bought a 90k Escalade SUV and you had to just scrap it for a 10k vehicle that gets like 200 mpg.

Interesting about Stan Meyer. I don't know who he is or what he did. I figured that's about the response people would have to the R and D. I'm asking if that were already over though and the technology was available and you just had to eat 80k.

Answer 1

There is a way, and I do suppor it. It's called nuclear power, and it's been in the doghouse for 30 years. It's long past time it was dusted off and developed.

Then you could plug your EV in at night and tool around for about 4 cents a mile.


But, as far as going for the cheaper, more fuel efficient vehicle, that's always been my preference. I grew up in the 70s, I remember gasoline rationing.

Answer 2

Let's think out of the box even more. Per capita, twice as many Americans own cars as in 1960. Would we be willing to go back to a way of life in which one car per family was the norm? No matter how much the second car lasts longer and uses less fuel, it is still a financial burden for working families.

Answer 3

Maybe. Critics have said using food crops to produce fuel is not economically viable and inflates the demand for those crops. But now a United Nations expert says the practice of converting food crops to biofuel is "a crime against humanity."

U.N. Special Investigator on the right to food — Jean Ziegler — is demanding a five-year moratorium on biofuel production to halt what he calls a growing catastrophe for the poor. Ziegler says using crops for fuel is creating food shortages and price hikes that cause millions of poor people to stay hungry. He says that it takes 510 pounds of corn to produce 13 gallons of ethanol — and says that much corn could feed a child in Zambia or Mexico for a year.

Answer 4

depends on the cost , I do not buy new cars ( they are bad investments)

What we need is someone with a big pair to say , here is a solution to the entire problem , instead of the E-85 crap , that stuff burns faster than 93 octane ...which uses more petro , and means more fill ups , costing more , a solution should be cheaper ....

they agreed on wind power in places , now the environmentalist say NO , because a bird got killed in the propellers ....Nuclear would have zero emissions , environmentalist say NO I wonder if they are for the planet and not for humans , I wonder how many would rather die , than to see the dog die , with me , I love my dog , she is great , but when it comes to my survival ,and life , I sure will miss the dog ......someone with brass ones needs to say , here is the solution , we are doing it , shut up , it has zero emissions , and is cheaper than oil ....it cuts the dependence on oil 100% , we may lose a bird or two , but not all of them , get over it , shut up , here is the total solution , not a temporary fix ....Flex fuel , CFL bulbs , are temporary fixes , flex fuel sux , and CFL's work , but what to do with the toxic levels of mercury ....wonder how long it will be until someone stockpiles them , then decide to throw them in the lakes to despose of them , back to square one with high mercury levels in the streams ......we need solutions , not patches ,and decoys .....

Answer 5

Only an idiot wouldn't and Stan Meyer designed a car that ran on water. He was poisoned. He died. Oil companies will not allow any technology to come into focus while there is still trillions of dollars to be earnt from oil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIgOn1kRw5s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8stApCmxYEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h75_TGiwg78

Answer 6

Yes. I believe you are talking in the automotive sence, petroleoum is needed,in so many things that are used in your daily functions products.I believe Brazil or some south american country uses methanol in there fuel to provide transportation derived from sugar cane. and some astronomical percentage is used in to power these vehicles therefore,there is a solution to power your vehicles and your ego, use your head.

Answer 7

Only if I could afford the new vehicle.

Can I keep my truck? I have to get my sailboat in the water.

kill_yr_ - In 1960 there were very few women in the workplace, and workplace rules were more flexable.

Answer 8

I agree with Mr. Timberstone; In a heartbeat!!

Answer 9

Yes....I realize to get beyond Rag Head Terrorists controlling us, that is what we need to do! ....let them go back to riding camels when no one wants their Oil!

Answer 10

In a heart beat.