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Some oil companies are "attempting" to let alternative fuels shine. Ethanol is not a viable answer, we don't need to grow fuel when the world is in the middle of a freaking food shortage. I put the blame on the car companies and the government. Automobile makers can force the hand of oil companies by refusing to make new cars that use gas. General Motors has already created a very nice electric car, there was a documentary about it Who killed the electric car wiki. It was pulled off the market because of the "poor sales," and other reasons... the car wasn't sold outside of Arizona and Southern Cali.

I also blame the government for not forcing stricter rules on oil profits. The bush administration has been the worst in the way of capital gains for the individuals in their offices. d**k Cheney has reportedly made between 20 and 80 million dollars this past year. I'm guessing it's closer to the end digits, and because he's profiting off the high prices of oil and kick backs from giving Halliburton government contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq. d**k Cheney: oil baron and war profiteer.

My Ecology professor last year said something in passing about why corn based fuel is a bad idea. I can't remember everything that he said, but I do remember the point about food prices. It was something about how more farmers would plant corn instead of other vegetables for consumption, thus raising the regular vegetable prices. I think that he said something about the effect on the environment also. We were actually on a class field trip at the time and we drove past a corn field, so it was brought up.

About electric cars, I heard that the reason that they didn't work was because of having to be charged. I heard something about there not being enough places to charge the cars. But if you think about it, the electric industry in general is not good for the environment.

Walking is a good idea. Think about the weight problem in the US. We get in our cars and drive everywhere. When we aren't in cars, we are usually sitting at desks or on couches or something. Walking and biking would be better for us. It is too bad that it would take me all day to walk anywhere due to how far apart everything is spaced. Malomy walks three miles to work every day and then she walks back another three miles. The girl has killer legs. lol

I used to have a nice bicycle... It was bluish green and black. Then, without realizing it... my dad gave it to the Goodwill when I was away at college! crying He has a thing about "clutter." xp

People can charge their cars at home, for bout $8. Environmentally they could get that electricity from any source... If a home has solar panels then the fuel and the home are running free.

Seattle is notoriously rainy, and all the people that I know in that region have solar panels and they still have excess energy. The sun isn't the only source of green energy. We can use tidal energy, wind energy, and even the methane gas that our trash produces.

I don't know if we could get off of gas right now, but I know that we should at least try to get some sort of half-and-half system. Gasoline and electricity or gasoline and solar power or SOMETHING.

And I think gas in central Oklahoma is around $3.60 per gallon or so as of now.

Problem with methane is it's rather unstable, otherwise it'd make a great energy source. 3nodding