So, what is going to happen to you...

[Hayabusa Rider]

...when gasoline goes bye-bye.

In another thread, there was concern about raising MPG expectations above "reasonable" levels.

That got me wondering, what will happen as gas becomes in short supply for real and/or economic pressures push us away from internal combustion engines. How will people transition to fuel cells or whatever, when they have so much money tied up in what they are currently driving? Should there be a tax credit or something? This is going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars, at least. Place your bets now!

 

[Viper GTS]

<< ...when gasoline goes bye-bye.

In another thread, there was concern about raising MPG expectations above "reasonable" levels.

That got me wondering, what will happen as gas becomes in short supply for real and/or economic pressures push us away from internal combustion engines. How will people transition to fuel cells or whatever, when they have so much money tied up in what they are currently driving? Should there be a tax credit or something? This is going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars, at least. Place your bets now! >>



A Corvette Z06 gets what, 28 mpg if driven reasonably? I don't think that increasing mileage to 35 will put too big a dent in high performance vehicles, much less average vehicles.

Viper GTS

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

ViperGTS- What I was getting at is this, as more economies worldwide (Imagine China with a REAL economy and the roads that will go with it) develop, gasoline consumption will increase, while the supply decreases. True, you can get by for a while with methanol/coal conversion to gas etc., but that will just prolong the fact that autos are going to have to change to something else than fossil fuels at some point. How do we deal with the economic/social fallout of that?

 

[RedRooster]

We'll be loooooooong dead before the world even has to worry about natural resources drying up. At the current rate there's enough for several more centuries.
Alternate fuel, or electric cars will be along before then. No need for a-worryin'. 🙂

 

[MWink]

<< We'll be loooooooong dead before the world even has to worry about natural resources drying up. At the current rate there's enough for several more centuries.
Alternate fuel, or electric cars will be along before then. No need for a-worryin'. >>



That was NOT what I heard! :Q

 

[SpecialEd]

I'm not worried... somebody will figure out how to make fuel from corn stocks and old tires before we ever get close to running out... technology changes all the time... so will cars and petro consumption.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Some day Doc Brown will make Mr. Fusion and all our cars will be powered by our trash.

 

[b0mbrman]

It will be too gradual for anyone to notice. People will slowly shift to other means of fuel as it gets more and more expensive

 

[CocaCola5]

The long term question is even if fossil fuel supplies is plenty would we want to keep burning it.

 

[her209]

I'm pretty sure they have a car that runs on water already.

Mr Fusion?

I had an idea for a car that runs on photosynthesis...

And another that ran on cow dung. Yes, cow dung. Well, the methane gas.

Think about, a car that produces oxygen and water. Doesn't get better than that 😀

BTW, I dunno about drinkin that water.