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Woodsy · 03-07-2011, 10:45 PM

ITD...

You make my point and I appreciate it. There is no one solution thats going to fix everything.... as far as solar goes, you may think its a crock until you start putting it on every roof. I am pretty sure the Germans mandate that. Wind is the same way... wait until there are lots of small windmills... With economy of scale lowering the costs it will all help.

Everything we do in this country is tied to energy production... gas & diesel fuel go up... food and everything else that gets delivered by truck goes up. just about EVERYTHING is delivered by truck. Everything delivered by rail goes up as well, however its a much smaller increase as high fuel costs usually tend to be good for a railroads bottom line they can move more freight for less fuel costs. The big commodity that goes up is coal... coal is used primarily to generate electricity. So the electricity required for those electric cars is gonna get pricey as well.

I see your point about public transportation in the lakes region... however, when gas gets exponentially expensive then what? The people with $$$ buy an electric car... the poor folk have deal with thier expensive old gas vehicle and the large part of their budget it gobbles. So they dont travel unless necessary, get rid of thier car altogether, or we go back in time somewhat and people start using some form of mass transit. No doubt mass transit works better for areas like boston, but at one time even laconia had a trolley!

Woodsy

03-07-2011, 10:45 PM	#3
Woodsy Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weirs Beach Posts: 1,965 Thanks: 80 Thanked 979 Times in 440 Posts	ITD... You make my point and I appreciate it. There is no one solution thats going to fix everything.... as far as solar goes, you may think its a crock until you start putting it on every roof. I am pretty sure the Germans mandate that. Wind is the same way... wait until there are lots of small windmills... With economy of scale lowering the costs it will all help. Everything we do in this country is tied to energy production... gas & diesel fuel go up... food and everything else that gets delivered by truck goes up. just about EVERYTHING is delivered by truck. Everything delivered by rail goes up as well, however its a much smaller increase as high fuel costs usually tend to be good for a railroads bottom line they can move more freight for less fuel costs. The big commodity that goes up is coal... coal is used primarily to generate electricity. So the electricity required for those electric cars is gonna get pricey as well. I see your point about public transportation in the lakes region... however, when gas gets exponentially expensive then what? The people with $$$ buy an electric car... the poor folk have deal with thier expensive old gas vehicle and the large part of their budget it gobbles. So they dont travel unless necessary, get rid of thier car altogether, or we go back in time somewhat and people start using some form of mass transit. No doubt mass transit works better for areas like boston, but at one time even laconia had a trolley! Woodsy __________________ The only way to eliminate ignorant behavior is through education. You can't fix stupid.