[quote=flu]
anyway, imho we’re not ready for alternative fuels or energy yet. It’s right now just a fad and experiment that some rich people/geeks ticker with here/and there (tesla buyers, prius buyers,etc) …Until energy prices are really really expensive, there won’t be that much revolutionary breakthrough, because there is little incentive from consumers to do it.[/quote]
We’ve already passed the trigger point, which was $5/gallon gas a few years ago. Hence the billions being spent on alternative energy now – corporations woke up to the fact that this is where the money will be in the future, and they’re preparing for it. Of course we’re just starting, so it will be a decades-long process to perfect the technology and replace millions of vehicles. It will happen whether prices spike or not, but high prices will definitely speed it up.
FWIW, a modern 500hp 911 Turbo has lower emissions than a 60hp, 46mpg 1986 Honda Civic. That’s what I call progress.
