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Originally Posted by slapass
The thing I am waiting for is ethanol cars. Brazil is almost all "Flex" so they can use gasoline or ethanol. The biggest manufactorer here is GM. So why can't the US do that? It is pretty cool to see a huge rush hour with almost zero smell or smog. The taxis all use methane but that is probably harder to get going.
I always thought the issue with electric cars was the making of the batteries is really a horrible environmental deal so it was hard for the green movement to support them?
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Ethanol is fine as long as you prefer to fuel your car with corn rather than eat it. The price of corn meal and corn-based products will skyrocket as a larger %age of the corn crop is devoted to ethanol production.
There was more corn grown in the US than ever last season, ie supplies have skyrocketed, but the price for corn has also increased because the supply of corn available for food has dimished. Go try and buy corn tortillas in mexico..
There is no magical way to get away from oil - as one of the most simple economic truisms says "There's no such thing as a free lunch".
P.S. - The actual answer is to PUT LESS CARS ON THE ROAD!!!!!!!!!
Every car on the road means resources have been used (ie oil - as it is a major input at every stage of industry). I swear I am going to punch the next dumb-ass celebrity who steps up to a podium and says "Oh, I drive a Prius". If anyone actually cared about the environment
THEY WOULD RIDE A FUCKING BIKE!