I'm so sick of our world leaders...

Originally posted by Civic_Addict

Its not likely to change our economy to be less reliant on oil. There are some minor things that can be done. But converting to natural gas, bio-diesel, etc are very costly. That's the biggest drawback for people. That & the fact their is no standard for any of these alternates.

There's not standard for a lot of things, that's why the US has such a patchwork of things. Just look at the wireless industry and computer industry....anyhow, that's an unfortunate drawback of a competitive market. Can't say I like it....but life goes on.

No one thing is likely to change our economy to be less reliant on oil. There are some major things that can be done as well as some minor one. A change such as that takes many years to accomplish and it does come at a price. It will be necessary sometime in the future anyways. Fortunately many companies have begun to invest a good amount of money into research on a more practical level rather than purely theoretical so that the changes will be smoother when the time is right. The changes have already begun and are taking place very slowly. Nothing major will happen until a variety of things line up. Heck, look at CA and their attempt at setting mandates for AFV and EV sales and how poorly that has gone over.

On the other discussion, they hit the two things America is best known for: capitalism and democracy. Unfortunately we really live in a capitalist democracy where money buys power, but that's a different discussion altogether.

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