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There's a lot to your point of view. I agree that none of should do egregious things that could worsen the climate. My feeling is much too much is being said about carbon dioxide emissions, which may or may not even matter in the overall scheme of things, and much too little is being done about "conventional" waste and pollution. Putting
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That's a pretty cogent summation. There have been some ups-and-downs in temperature ranges since the Ice Age but nothing that was a calamity of the level of the Ice Age. Interestingly, the periods of warming are periods of relative abundance and good times. The colder periods are much more difficult because they result in less farmable land and
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For some reason the automakers don't seem to be very interested in CNG cars and trucks. They put much more emphasis on hydrogen fuel cell technology, which makes far less sense in many ways. And today hydrogen is made mostly from natural gas, so why not burn CNG as you say?
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I'm afraid even if they put out a car at $40K they will have a very, very difficult time. I think many people underestimate how hard it is to manufacture and market cars.
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One thing I think all this points to is there is likely still a lot of life left in fossil fuels. The investment in infrastructure is largely there already. We're actually tearing down more gas stations than we're building. And there is still a lot of oil in the ground. A major complicating factor is "global warming." If global warming
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A great deal of the recent evidence seems to point to the fact that the global warming we have experienced recently is a natural result of a solar cycle. It is theorized the sun has a great deal more to do with warming than industrial activities, and the climate's history seems to support that.
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I understand your point, but this kind of infrastructure change is exactly what is being proposed to service hydrogen fuel cell cars, and a lot of people are on board for that. To me, it makes a heck of a lot more sense to fuel cars with natural gas, which is in a high percentage of homes already, than setting up a hydrogen infrastructure. Especially
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Since natural gas burns so cleanly and in today's market is cheaper than gasoline, it seems to make sense that we would see more natural gas cars coming in the future. But, instead, we've seen them fall by the wayside. Now it looks like we're as far away from natural gas cars becoming mainstream as we've ever been. I think it's time
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Despite the wealth of positive publicity the future of Tesla as a major manufacturer, or even a niche manufacturer, for that matter seems in doubt. The latest announcement, about the desire to build a medium size sedan, seems awfully grandiose for a company that seems to be having difficulties delivering its first vehicles.