O.K.,
global warming isn't the main
reason to oppose ethanol,
however, global warming is the
main reason to oppose ethanol
as the solution to both
foreign oil dependency and
global warming gases. How can
we put all our eggs in the
alternative fuels basket when
the same scientists warning
the world about global warming
also claim that today's global
warming is going to lead to
extreme weather, such as
mini-ice ages, extreme
droughts, massive hurricanes,
flooding, etc, etc.? All of
these conditions could wipe
out the entire grain belt of
the U.S. - our energy supply
(not to mention our food
supply) - for a year, for a
decade, for a millennium.
While there is nothing wrong with pursuing alternative fuels, they cannot be pursued at the expense of efficiency.
Today, hybrid cars offer the greatest tool for efficiency. In addition, hybrids can utilize any alternative fuel developed. Most important, however, creating lighter vehicles with plug-in hybrid technology could easily increase fuel efficiency by more than 50%, even as much as 75% if carbon fibers, instead of steel, were used to build automobiles.
In the short term, alternative fuels are a distraction - an excuse - enabling automakers to continue to build more and more inefficient vehicles. 'Yes, it's a 12 mpg Hummer, but it uses flex-fuel' is neither the answer to energy dependence nor to global warming.
While there is nothing wrong with pursuing alternative fuels, they cannot be pursued at the expense of efficiency.
Today, hybrid cars offer the greatest tool for efficiency. In addition, hybrids can utilize any alternative fuel developed. Most important, however, creating lighter vehicles with plug-in hybrid technology could easily increase fuel efficiency by more than 50%, even as much as 75% if carbon fibers, instead of steel, were used to build automobiles.
In the short term, alternative fuels are a distraction - an excuse - enabling automakers to continue to build more and more inefficient vehicles. 'Yes, it's a 12 mpg Hummer, but it uses flex-fuel' is neither the answer to energy dependence nor to global warming.
posted by Dahcredyns at 10:54 AM 0 comments
