fossil fuels

[nibot]

Supposing that we have already passed the time of peak oil production, my question for you is this: in what year will we see fewer cars on California roads than in the previous year?

At what point will the Interstate Highways be fossil roads, abandoned relics, like the decaying steel towns of Pennsylvania, like the Erie Canal?

When will Phoenix be Detroit?

Or will someone invent the coal-powered car and doom us all? (The plug-in Prius actually burns coal.)

Comments

[surpheon.livejournal.com]

That was what I intended to imply. It's not that petroleum is a small issue, but rather it is dwarfed by the emmission potential looming from the massive coal deposits. Focusing on burning all the oil is like worrying about a guy's broken foot while he's jamming a loaded gun in his mouth mumbling about how his girlfriend ran off with his dog after totalling his pickup.

Also, realistically petro's tightening availability is already setting a defacto CO2 tax on it. Considering the rate of fleet turnover, plug in hybrids (not yet commercially available) will simply be a single respose to this de facto carbon tax.