Ok, go ahead and start flaming me but ya know what do it because I’ve got a point here.
The news stations here in Kansas City are saying that by next week the gas prices are going to be $4 a gallon. Ya know what? I love it!!! I think the gas industry should raise it to $5 a gallon just for the hell of it. You want to know why? Because now Americans are finally going to pull their heads out of their butts and see that this oil thing isn’t going to last. Yeah we may have oil for another 100 years or even more but ya know what? Some day it will run out.
America has been so freaking slow at adopting new technologies to replace oil that it’s just sick. Most of the other countries, save China and Southeast Asia, have already started some programs with the general population being open to the change. Things like smaller cars that get 60-70mpg or desiel cars that can run on biodesiel or veggie oil (biodesiel isn’t ready for prime-time yet though).
Americans are too worried about material things and the immediate cost instead of long term gains. They want the Hummers, the Excursions or the Durangos. Or they want to get by with the cheap stuff (which I understand more but still, we need to make sacrifices to support our future).
The next rant…Hydrogen is not the answer. We won’t see a viable hydrogen infrastructure for at least another 10 years minimum and the production for hydrogen is not eviromentally and cost effective yet either.
I have been talking for years that there is a cash crop out there that people will not take seriously. In high school (over 10 years ago) I found research that said the US could completely drop the need for imported oil if this crop was used. But no one would listen or would take it seriously until just recently.
This page give some facts about using hemp as fuel, among other things. Industrial hemp has been labeled as the ultimate cash crop. By using only 6% of American land for the crop, we could completely eliminate the need for imported oil. Hemp desiel would act as regular desiel. Using more farm land to produce the crop would make the US a world power in energy again instead of a world consumer of energy.
So I’ll step off my soap box now. Just remember, I’m cheering for higher gas prices. That is going to force Americans to get creative in the way we consume and the way we use energy.
Go head and start your flame….just beware….educate yourself before you rant because I have educated myself.
