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Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50
another thing to consider is the future
I believe that the reason alternativefuels are being pushed so strongly right now is becuase people are realizing how ependen we are on fuel. If we open up offshore drilling and thus increasing supply, the research towArds alternatives will slow down again. When we reach the more major scarcity of fuel after emptying the offshore rigs, the prices on gas will be higher than ever and the fuel alternatives would be nowhere near as developed if off shore drilling cntinues to be banned.
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If the goal was to get alternative fuels into the supply stream, all we would need to do is drop the protectionist tariffs that are in place to protect production in the midwest. Without those, the price of alternatives would be so low that it would be worth it to retrofit vehicles into flexfuel.