Peak Oil and the Future of Transportation (4 of 5)

John Richter of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Education presents on what the future of transportation looks like. He examines various options including tar sands, synthetic fuels, biofuels, efficient vehicles, electric vehicles, hydrogen, and redesigning our infrastructure to reduce the need to drive.

The video is from the 2010 Renewable Energy Conference at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Peak Oil
• Transportation
• electric vehicles
• hydrogen
• renewable energy
• Renewable Energy Conference
• Pierce Cedar Creek Institute

[KrunchyJD]

Cars are not the answer.....

Check out the go-one velomobile, for a better idea, we already have velomobiles with electric assist, They use NO OIL. Look into designing cities in a more compact form and tax petrol/ gasoline appropriately (=MORE).

Look to Copenhagen, what vehicle do many people ride around the city, I will give you a hint, starts with B.

Give up the idea of conventional cars, including battery powered ones.

[KrunchyJD]

What about bicycles, widely used for transport in Europe, and last time I looked they had great fuel efficiency, I have not heard anything mentioned of electric rail either, have not finished part 4 or 5, heres hoping for some logic to kick in in this area.

[ejames80]

Plus the hybrids are not that efficcient and cost effective, and once the battery is gone you might as well dump the car with it, and the battery don't last even half of a car life time. Ethanol its close to zero gain while rising the price of food and deeping starvation everywhere, plus it ruins engines components and the EFI system because the chemical components of it its corrosive.

[ejames80]

@drmodestoesq : Yep, I'm one of does who makes less than 23k a year, i got me a used imported 4 cilynder car that gives like 32 mp/g, I make my mechanic install some stuff that allow me to get like a gallon and a half more per week. Thinking on modifying my car and put one of does hho hydrogen generators.

[drmodestoesq]

That old hippy dude is right @#$%ing on! The bottom third of Americans make less than 25,000 dollars a year. Are they going to be able to afford 40,000 dollar cars? The best bet for them has always been a used 4 cylinder beer can. It's hilarious how many impoverished idiots drive a rotting old SUV. My first car was a gutless '84 Chevette. I once went to the boneyard to get a new head for it and they charged me 50 dollars. You try to buy a part for a hybrid for 50 bucks.