Carbon Footprint
With the recent BP oil crisis in the Gulf of Mexico a lot of environmentalist are grabbing the soap box to get off oil. In theory I agree 100%, reduce your need for a fossil fuel as much as you can. But I don't say this to save a Polar Bear, I say this because I'd rather we had fuels we can recreate than ones that are dependent on discovery. My position is start simpler: 1) define what type of power we want vehicles in the future to utilize. (once we can decide on this, we can move forward with R&D. Right now we are stuck in the Beta vs VHS era where every company is competing for the next best thing, focus the industry) 2) start replacing other items instead of "gasoline". (come up with realistic replacements for lubricants, tar, plastics, rubber, soaps, etc.) 3) it would be interesting to see estimates on power grid use for example: what if all residential homes used 75% less power grid electricity? what if all commercial real estate over 50,000sqft was required...