Who is gonna get us off oil?

[knuckleboner]

Originally posted by studly hungwell
Pipe dream? Guarantee profit for investors and see how long it will take. I am a firm believer in the free market system. At its best...it can move mountains overnight.

yeah, but it can't make 100 million car owners suddenly purchase new vehicles within 5 years.

the system is currently set up as a gasoline system. to change that will take time. you can make a dent in 5 years, but you can't completely change the system.

[studly hungwell]

Originally posted by knuckleboner
yeah, but it can't make 100 million car owners suddenly purchase new vehicles within 5 years.

the system is currently set up as a gasoline system. to change that will take time. you can make a dent in 5 years, but you can't completely change the system.

Dude....the plan doesn't change the vehicles.....it changes the source of gasoline.

[knuckleboner]

if that's the case, then it's not really getting us off oil, is it?

[scamper]

Originally posted by studly hungwell
Respectfully, the more govnt medels in the free market the more trouble it causes. More taxes on fuel? I don't want to sound shitty, but, that logic followed to its ends will have only the very wealthy able to afford it. In truth, your vision of 'how it should be' will destroy the middle class and have the wealthy dodging horses and bicycles as they speed along in their lamborginis.

That's the truth, we do need to get off of gas, but the middle class and poor aren't going to run out and buy anything right off the assembly line just to change the world. As far as the gov. getting more involved I think we've had plenty of that lately. I really don't understand the way people bitch about the gov tapping some phones in the name of safety and then saying it's ok for the gov to tell people that they can't smoke in their own business or drive a certain type of vehicle in the name of safety. I'm for less gov intervention, but that's just me I guess.

[studly hungwell]

Originally posted by knuckleboner
if that's the case, then it's not really getting us off oil, is it?

Dude, I really don't want to sound rude here, but, gasoline does not have to be made from oil. It can be made from coal as well....which we have plenty of.....and coal is not oil. If we make gas from coal.....doesn't that get us off of oil?