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I've been amusedsaddened by the "No Blood for Oil" bumper stickers. Bumper stickers, that's right, on cars, all of which (that I've seen so far) have been the standard gasoline-burning variety.
Seems to me anyone who can boil down the current situation to such a simple essence would have no problem reaching the logical conclusion that driving a car is inherently evil. Unless, of course, such a conclusion would be personally inconvenient.
Seems to me anyone who can boil down the current situation to such a simple essence would have no problem reaching the logical conclusion that driving a car is inherently evil. Unless, of course, such a conclusion would be personally inconvenient.
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I agree that the lessons learned then have been unlearned. In fact, it's worse: we've learned even more since then, and we COULD make much more fuel-efficient vehicles -- even large SUVs -- but the technology isn't coming to market because there is no market pressure for it. Great article in Technology Review on that, few months ago. Their example was how to make a 50MPG SUV with technology we understand already but have never manufactured in bulk. Buyers just don't want it enough for the factories to tool up.