Oil dependency. Pollution...the legitimate kind. Transportation problems. We need solutions.
I do not have much faith in electric cars. We would need a new electric distribution system and hundreds of new power plants if every car on the road today was to magically convert into a 100% electric vehicle. The only thing that changes is that the pollution would be generated at a central power plant instead of at 100 million locations where ever a car or truck might be running.
There are many good ideas out there that would make small steps at improving fuel efficiency rather than a wholesale restructuring of society. One such good idea would be to switch to diesel engines. That change would create a 15-20% boost to fuel efficiency
Couple that with the use of a flywheel and we could get a further 20% improvement. Used together and we could cut our fuel consumption by up to one third.
Care to see what happens to the price of fuel when consumption falls that far? Care to see what America's economy does when fuel prices fall that far?
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