Originally Posted by
dubcac
I disagree. People are still concerned with going "green"....however, most people fail to realize that we are still going to need oil to survive in some fashion, for a long time to come. I don't know how much oil they expect to find, but a large amount could help.
All the more reason IMO to stretch our current level of consumption as far as possible. When the capital cost of conservation is on par with the cleanup cost of a major oil spill, why continue to waste a finite resource?
Remember that tanker that ran into the Bay Bridge piling last winter? That was only a couple thousand gallons of fuel oil; consider what would happen if an 18" main carrying crude burst... :hsugh:
The oil Bush is advocating we tap now will come at a documented risk to our environment and it will take the better part of two years to come to market given the lack of refining capacity.
In the risk versus reward analysis, I see more money going to the oil companies than to the solutions that are staring us in the face right now.
If we go ahead and open up the shorelines, we're hitting the snooze button instead of nutting up and making the tough call.
Originally Posted by HawtPants
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if someone made a car that was affordable and could run on electricity i would buy it for commuting around town (since most likely it would get no more than 150 miles to a tank/charge)
its not that hard.
Dave, check out the Aptera Typ-1.
I'm already looking at putting money down on the Typ-H.