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LindsayRichards wrote:
Your next car may not have a tailpipe, but the electricity that charges it comes almost all from fossil fuels (smokestacks) and nuclear. Wind and solar make up less than 3.5% and are projected by the feds to be about 10% in 2035. Hydro is being severely curtailed by the environmentalist and now are less than 10%. When alternatives are a good buy (unsubsidized) I will be the first on my block to have them, but I am not going to buy the pie in the sky line being sold here. It is all about what IS possible, not what you want it to be. You can right now generate all of you home power from wind and solar. Just buy it yourself.

I get that there is a way to go but for many households (including mine) all the power comes from hydro and has for decades. The other thing is regardless of how slow the US moves in this direction many countries in the world get significant amounts of power from renewable sources, water, wind, solar, tidal. I concur with being realistic and not following the pie in the sky but we have to walk before we run. I just don't understand the resistance to forward thinking.

Your next car may not have a tailpipe, but the electricity that charges it comes almost all from fossil fuels (smokestacks) and nuclear. Wind and solar make up less than 3.5% and are projected by the feds to be about 10% in 2035. Hydro is being severely curtailed by the environmentalist and now are less than 10%. When alternatives are a good buy (unsubsidized) I will be the first on my block to have them, but I am not going to buy the pie in the sky line being sold here. It is all about what IS possible, not what you want it to be. You can right now generate all of you home power from wind and solar. Just buy it yourself.

Pretty soon someone will invent a new battery that can run vehicles for several hundred miles or more without a gasoline engine to charge the battery. But I'm "not holding my breath."

$3.27.9 in south hill, VA
bumpy

There still is a downward trend in fuel prices in our area. $3.49 is the latest price for gasoline. Diesel is "hanging" at $3.99. Even the price of a barrel of oil has slid under $100. :B

South of Seattle in Bonney Lake Washington (the state) it was a surprise for us being an all diesel family, diesel is now less than gas (for the moment). Filled our GMC Duramax and our TDI Jetta for 3.79 a gallon (diesel) and regular unleaded (gasoline) was 3.89 at the local Fred Meyer grocery store. And I got .60 off filling the truck with discounts from grocery shopping. I don't remember the last time diesel was cheaper than gas. Hans

tomman58 wrote:
Why would anyone be surprised that as the mileage on cars continues to go beyond 25MPG the price of gas goes up proportionally. Did you really think the fat cats would want to bone down by selling less gas for the same money..come on now!

There are more cars filling up every day.
Just because the US market demand is flat or declining has no bearing on the world market that continues to expand and bid the price up.

Well regular here is now $3.79 and diesel is $3.81 it is a great time to own a diesel!!

Why would anyone be surprised that as the mileage on cars continues to go beyond 25MPG the price of gas goes up proportionally. Did you really think the fat cats would want to bone down by selling less gas for the same money..come on now!

Oh, by the way the NG option for my new 2500 was $11,000.

Greydog 1 wrote:
The raping of America at the pumps. $5.00gas coming?

I saw some $4.79 in central CA last week looking out the train window.