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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (356775)11/1/2007 3:35:55 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) of 1570548
 
John,

They would take less time to implement if they were heavily subsidized. More important you are overlooking 50% of oil usage for transportation.

What's the point of even thinking about transportation, if the replacement for oil (electricity, hydrogen?) will come from power plants that currently consume coal or natural gas? Or are you thinking strictly from the POV of oil, not in terms of CO2 emissions?

Anyway, it will take bringing cheap electricity online, from non-CO2 generating sources before you can expand to transportation. The only other option is to build a bunch of coal / natural gas powered plants (they can be built fairly cheaply and quickly) only to shut them down 10 to 15 years down the line.

We need an energy policy that significantly penalizes inefficient energy clients (like mega SUVs) and rewards efficient energy clients (hybrids and even plain old efficient internal combustion vehicles).

The reward / penalty is instant - at the gas pump. I rented an Cadilac Escalade SUV 2 weeks ago, didn't drive that far, and I was mildly shocked at the pump.

"There is no quick fix" but we can't wait around for solar and nuke plants. With 5% of the worlds population and ~25% of the worlds oil consumption, we are in a uniquely dangerous situation. Our way of life is at stake.

Another way to look at it is that we have a plenty of "fat" that can be cut before you get to muscle, while others don't have much room to cut.

Joe
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