If we stick to the combustion engine as is we will certainly not.

Solar energy is clearly the most rational way to go.

We already have the technology to do so. Economics in its full contextual consideration (i.e., including the value of our environment) is no obstacle. At least we could start by installing solar energy for all households thus relaxing on the use of combustion engines when generating electric energy.

It is consumer demand that drives all improvements. Consumer demand is influenced by knowledge. Knowledge is disseminated by society. Society delegates this function and many other collective responsibilities to its elected government who receives all the means (apparatus) to arrange for such.

Policies are thus set by government. The question is; does the education policy set by the elected government disseminate the information, “the knowledge” about the alternative energy route to walk?

What does government inform you about solar energy and fuel cell? Does government use all means available to create sufficient incentives to encourage society to walk the alternative energy route?

At the end of the day it is the development of and the adherence to quality legislation (international treaties, as well as domestic laws) that determines the level of sophistication of government’s education policy.

We have to assure ourselves whether the ones we hire after they have solicited publically for the job of taking care of collective responsibility matters truly fulfill their duties.

By reminding everyone about the necessity to continuously fulfill the constant expanding need (demand) for relevant information c.q. knowledge, you contribute to the improvement of the dissemination of knowledge.

What does your government inform you about solar energy and fuel cell?

http://www.gs-cleantech.com/product_desc.php?mode=3

http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html

They just need a way to seal the track ponds to stop
massive evaporation, and then use a solar powered
crawler to process the algae, and return it in place.

Scaling this across any areas in the country that are
largely unused and have high sun profile.

12% of the sonora desert could in theory replace all
foreign and domestic fossil oil needs.

It would overnight make the middle east worthless.

If the oil companies would get onboard with this now
they could run the operation and still make their billions
AND not have to buy it from the middle east at all.

Also VW has a 99 mpg diesel Lupo right now, imagine it
as a plug in hybrid for in city slow rush hour traffic.

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To my knowledge, there’s nothing that could compete with algae or plankton if we learn the simple task of harvesting it. (and for heaven’s sake, you’d assume that a 200 years after the cotton gin was invented, someone could solve a problem this simple.)

But this aspect of the equation is always blushed over as if it weren’t even a possibility, and we blithely move on without even asking the simplest questions.

Shame on us.