Originally posted by Liberator
The Oil Companies, with their obscene profit margins, need to make the decision to become Energy Companies and put large amounts into developing some alternative energy source that doesn't require rare earths or other easily depleteable resources.
Alright, these are all valid points, and I mostly agree (regarding the ineffiency and lack of infrastructure to support it) but I am of the opinion that we should by no means allow the profits of multinational oil companies to come before the well-being of our planet.
Screw them, they rich enough already. I don't care about their well being, and neither does anyone else, for the simple fact that they don't care about mine. I don't think anyone would shed a tear if all the tycoons and oil sheiks suddenly found themselves without a job. Even you can agree with this Lib. Frankly, the government (and not just the American government, all governments, but especially America since it is such a large consumer of oil) should impose at least stringent fuel efficiency standards, and work towards the ultimate goal of making the transition of renewable energy sources. If the US gov't put 1/100th of the resources it puts into largely useless and ineffiecent military technologies into R&D for renewable fuel, everyone would be driving electric cars in just a few decades. Building the needed infrastructure to support electric cars would immensly speed up the transition.
That said, has anyone actually developed an electric car that doesn't look totally wierd? Whats the problem with just putting an electric into a normal chassis?
