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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (11259)7/14/2009 11:13:15 AM
From: Eric  Read Replies (2) of 86356
 
We are fortunate here in the U.S. that we have NG and some coal. Most of the world doesn't. But in the end even that will run out much faster than a lot of folks realize. Europeans are getting very serious about alternatives and working on the electric car at an accelerating rate. Batteries are the current weak link but now that we are spending some serious money on R&D we will see some serious improvements in the next few years. 15 years ago car manufacturers were spending virtually nothing on improving cell performance.

NG is nice but it does not have the energy density of gasoline and the physical requirements of the pressure cylinder to contain it takes up much more room in a vehicle. I can hold up the empty gas tank of a car in one hand, I can't do that for a NG car.

But what I'm most concerned about is this country not continuing to improve the energy infrastructure as others improve theirs and get off of fossil fuels. The brain drain continues...
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