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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
And you really expect an environmentally friendly alternative to pop up? Its just not going to happen. Electric cars..sounds good but most of the electricity in the States is made by coal plants. Of course there is nuclear but you have the possiblity for horrible results there too, just like you do with oil. We might be better off finding an alternative for plastics that don't use oil but I can't think of one resource that doesn't damange the environment. Even solar, the solar panels require plastics and other petroleum based products..
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you're missing the point you don't have to stop driving cars in america, but instead of buying something with a 5L engine how about something with a 1.8L engine. that's what most people are doing in the rest of the first world. we still enjoy the same quality of life as americans, but we drive more ecconomical cars etc.
the american government should ramp up taxes on gasoline in the states, its the only way to control demand. its not popular but people won't make changes off their own backs.