High dinosaur prices? BRING EM ON I want to see the crap hit 10.00 a gallon, then alternative fuels will become viable for companies to invest in, right now oil is still SO cheap that the only people taking alternative energy seriously are people worried about the environment.
Diesel does require less refinement, however, the tax on Diesel is much higher then on gasoline, a few years ago West Virginia was taxing diesel at .88 per gallon, that was then.....
I run blends of BIO-DIESEL in my diesel truck, cotton seed oil, soy bean oil, the price on it seams to be staying stable thus far, pollutes FAR less than diesel and the money stays here in the states.
Hybrid? Don't waste your money, find a biodiesel filling station close by and buy a VW or other diesel, proven technology, cheaper vehicle, less emissions then a hybrid.
Fuel Cells, what a joke, use google folks, all hydrogen is, is a battery, to create enough hydrogen it has to come form A. hydrocarbon fueld power plant or B. extract hydrogen directly from hydrocarbons, both produce green house gases, so your 0 emssions vehicle may be clean, but the fuel is far from it, fuel cells have promise for the future, but not for 0 emissions cars.
Did anyone happen to see about Brazil stopping oil imports? Biodiesel and Ethenol (sp). Yes yes I know there is not enough around to produce enough oil to replace our supply but you don't have to replace the supply, start cranking out high tech serial hybrids running biofuel blends and stop oil imports, this would slash pollution output, stop oil imports, and carry us for a LONG time until the next technology comes along.
High prices hurt, but its what people need to migrate to cleaner technology, I could realisticly see a hydrogen economy if the base was breader reactors.. but thats a whole nother story.
High prices suck, but I say let them sky rocket, its the only way to get the market to go away from cheap dirty oil, its just gonna hurt while it happens.
