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This thread isn't for debating whether or not Peak Oil will occur, but what to do after it occurs. Assume that Oil production starts to decrease and the market does not react to the increasing prices. What do we do?
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Swtich to hybrids.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... -
Assume that the market doesn't react? What the **** are you on?"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
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Plug-in hybrids. Biodiesel. Grass ethanol. Natural gas engines.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I'm assuming an economic catastrophe. No one would have money for hybrids.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Hybrids aren't that much more expensive. $2k - $3k for a new vehicle. Besides, as more people buy hybrids, the cost of the electric portion of the hybrid will go way down.
Plug-in hybrids would make a lot of sense, since that would switch most vehicles at most times from oil-based fuels to coal.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I wish they would make the hybrids more attractive. Most of them look like wimpy euro cars."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
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Blame the commies and invade Suriname.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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You do know the wimpy euro(Japaneses) cars are getting more popular in the US because of higher oil prices. You can't stop evolution.Originally posted by Wezil
I wish they would make the hybrids more attractive. Most of them look like wimpy euro cars.
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I'm really talking about the short run, where there isn't enough capacity to build that many hybrids and the price of oil has skyrocketed. How do we get to the point where hybrids are mass produced?Originally posted by DanS
Hybrids aren't that much more expensive. $2k - $3k for a new vehicle. Besides, as more people buy hybrids, the cost of the electric portion of the hybrid will go way down.
Plug-in hybrids would make a lot of sense, since that would switch most vehicles at most times from oil-based fuels to coal.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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I was going to say!Assume that the market doesn't react? What the **** are you on?
The effect will be dramatic but not instantaneous... I'd guess around 1-2 years, during which time we could be ok if we pulled our proverbial fingers out now, which we wont."I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
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We'll have several years to work it out. Plenty of time for plug-in hybrids to reach mass production. The limiting factor is how fast we can build new base electricity generation capacity.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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I can walk everywhere I need to go. So its not a big deal to me.
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Urmmmm, no. The limiting factor is the amount of oil. Whatever we do will take oil. Which means that we have to take it from somewhere it is currently being used. That will cause massive problems with the financial markets if they haven't already collapsed, which they probably will have.Originally posted by DanS
We'll have several years to work it out. Plenty of time for plug-in hybrids to reach mass production. The limiting factor is how fast we can build new base electricity generation capacity.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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