Doug posed:
If people *thought* then we would never have gotten in
theis mess, would we?


katysails wrote:
Well, my thought is that if we spent 23 billion on the energy crisis, we
would probably have an alternative to oil by now....

Shucks, we have *lots* of alternatives to gasoline & fossil fuels. The
problem is that most of them are a lot more expensive, and the few that
are price competitive, especially as a vehicle fuel (such as methane),
with gasoline, are not readily available & are somewhat troublesome to
handle.

One of the biggest issues with American consumers is convenience. When
you see fuel cell recharging stations lining up to take business right
next to gas pumps, then maybe we'll have gotten somewhere. In the
meantime, electric cars are a pretty good alternative.

DSK