DrkAngel
1 GW
Oil demand, and price, are increasing at a non sustainable rate.
At present rate, all oil will be consumed within the next 3-5 decades.
If all personal transport doubles their mpg, to 50-60 mpg, then the oil "parasite" might survive several, extra, years.
Personal transport uses less than 1/2 the oil consumed.
The majority is used by sea, air and land, material and product delivery.
Combine this with mass transit.
Add materials production.
And, of course, power generation.
Doubling all personal vehicle mpg, might extend oil dependency by 20%, (another decade)?
The best oil conservation methods are merely prolonging the misery.
Electric vehicles seem to be the best foreseeable "treatment" towards curing this oil addiction.
At present rate, all oil will be consumed within the next 3-5 decades.
If all personal transport doubles their mpg, to 50-60 mpg, then the oil "parasite" might survive several, extra, years.
Personal transport uses less than 1/2 the oil consumed.
The majority is used by sea, air and land, material and product delivery.
Combine this with mass transit.
Add materials production.
And, of course, power generation.
Doubling all personal vehicle mpg, might extend oil dependency by 20%, (another decade)?
The best oil conservation methods are merely prolonging the misery.
Electric vehicles seem to be the best foreseeable "treatment" towards curing this oil addiction.