"World’s first renewable gasoline"

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Originally Posted by Dragoneye

I sure hopw the people who want to drill for domestic oil have it set in their minds that this is a TEMPORARY move, designed to create a comfortable buffer for a transition to other fuels.

I am deathly afraid that once the drilling starts and gas prices drop (however much), people will become content, and stop investing in alternatives. We Cannot afford to let that happen.

Originally Posted by aldaron327

I think your fears are justifiable, given that it's human nature to become complacent. Hopefully, though, more and more people are seeing it as the crisis that it's becoming and will keep it in the forefront of our collective conscience as we move forward. Talk to someone who was around during The Great Depression and observe how they go about their day to day lives. They'll reuse just about EVERYTHING they can (at least my great grandparents did) and are generally financially conservative.

I hope that we'll learn from the current situation and not remain complacent, but I'm not holding my breath.

Absolutely, In the long run, it will be a complete waste. Or it will continue to be a complete waste... Depending on how you see it.

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Originally Posted by Nickdago

Does not mean we should not use it either.

Do you mean hydrogen?

I say do the R&D to get the pieces in place so that the transition could be made as smoothly as possible. The problem is, that R&D costs alot and there is no knowing if it will pay off. And everything needs to come together at the same time. having a network of hydrogen stations is useless if nobody can cheaply produce the gas. And if there is no easily availible fuel, the the automakers aren't going to mass produce the cars. But when there are alternatives to hydrogen that don't require such a massive infrastructure change, then they are much more likely to succeed.