Ok, so CNG is a great fuel, but it still comes out of the ground.
And pound for pound, does not have the energy in it petrol does. (Heck, diesel fuel has more energy, but due to the tight emmisions standards, we can't get the good passenger car diesels here in the USA, Thanks Tree Huggers!
My point on starting this thread was to make you guys think about this, and to start discussion on fossil fuels being a lie. I see a few people coming back that new fuel sources are needed, or electric cars...
There are proven studies showing that electric cars are more poluting than a new Honda Accord 4 cyc. Yep, the accord puts out less emmissions than the power plant that re-charges your electric car. (Now, if the Sierra Club had not stopped all the hydro electric dam building in the USA, that might be different, or if we had not stopped building Nuke power plants, it would change too, but right now, with the coal and natural gas powered electrical plants in the USA being the most effective current way to produce power, your electric car is a gross polluter by todays standards.)
Electric powerd cars are not feasable. That is why the few hybrids on the road are the only ones still on the road. (Full electric only cars really don't exist in any substantial form, and are too expensive to produce with current technology.)
The idea of the government paying for the cars is not what I want. That is just more socialist thinking, and it will end up in your rights being restricted yet again. (Gee, while were at it, let's limit these cars to 55mph, or better yet, make speed limits interactive with the car, and when you pass the sign, that's as fast as your car will go... ) It get's worse. Why not monitor your brakes, steering and throttle imputs, and we can rate what kind of driver you are, then charge you more for insurance, or just issue tickets when you break the law. (Red light cameras are a classic form of this.)
Do you guys realize that the OBDIII computers on new cars reccord everything you do in the car, and have been used in court to convict the drivers of the cars like a secret hidden camera. (These "black boxes" can be read by simply plugging into them, but at this time with the cost of wireless technolgy going down so much, many of the car makers are thinking of putting it into your vehicles. A police officer could just read the real time data from your car, and then pull you over to issue the ticket. No need to do that even, just mail you the ticket, your vehicles computer just gave them the information to prove you were breaking the law. (Or broke the law reciently, so here's your cite.)
Right now, there are insurance companies using this data, and experimenting with it to charge you exactly for your coverage. How you drive will determine your rates. Not your driving reccord, but actually how you drive your car. For me, that is too much information for them to have. I have no tickets, but I do speed everywhere I go. Just 5 to 7 miles over the limit. I also use my brakes, and 100% throttle quite a bit, but again, I don't have any tickets, or accidents. Heck, I work for an insurance company
Back on topic, the current use of oil and gas is not going to change. Cars will run on Petrol/gas, houses will be heated by fuel oil or natural gas, my AC will be powered by a coal burning plant, or if I'm lucky, hydro power dam that was built before the 70's when the Sierra Club got involved.
Get involved, and change the way you think about Oil. Change the way your friends think about oil. It might just end up in the way our leaders think about oil, and that change will be good for your pocket book, and the economy in general.
