GlassWolf wrote:actually that's incorrect. We have more oil in the earth right now than the accumulated amount that's been used to date. The major issue is being able to get to it.
You are correct, I agree with you . I somewhat went off on a ramble because It bothers me to hear people complain about the oil companies.
GlassWolf wrote:This country is bigger than all of Europe, with half the population density. We are too spread out to rely on public transit systems the way a large portion of the EU does.
True, but we also have cities such as Chicago, LA, DFW, ATL, ect that consume vast amounts of commuter fuel which could benefit from public transit systems that are widely used throughout the EU.
GlassWolf wrote:Then also consider that it's not just vehicles that use oil, but plastics production, heating, power generation, small engines for things like mowers and tools, and so forth.
Well of course.
GlassWolf wrote:I won't even get into the whole deal with gas companies and car manufacturers being in bed together to limit fuel economy and build cars with built in obsolesence. As for alternative fuel sources, the best option right now is LP, but it's not widely available in the US at stations.
GlassWolf wrote:Hydrogen is vastly inefficient, Ethanol produces more toxins to produce than gasoline produces when burned and refined. Pretty uch every option for alternatives have severely limiting factors, or is just impractical thus far..
This goes back to car manufacturers and government. Ethanol is just an example of how much we have known for how long. We have had the technology.
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Same thing. We have had the technology and the capability, just have not done it, or at the least put the effort into its research considering how long we have had to mature our research in this field.
The vast majority of vehicles on the road have an EFI system. That was what, the 80s when efi hit the big screen. Granted, a great deal of vehicles do not have an EFI system, but imagine the change if say every vehicle from 1995 up could run a flex fuel?
