Comments on: Ethanol Is Not a Panacea http://www.sensesfive.com/2008/06/23/ethanol-is-not-a-panacea/ "How do you know but every Bird that cuts the airy way is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?" - William Blake Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mercurio http://www.sensesfive.com/2008/06/23/ethanol-is-not-a-panacea/comment-page-1/#comment-68540 Mercurio Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:24:46 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2008/06/23/ethanol-is-not-a-panacea/#comment-68540 I may be recalling this incorrectly, but I thought they mentioned in the movie that the technology exists to go 200 miles without recharging -- but that the oil companies somehow purchased the patent to block the development of the technology. Does that ring a bell? (I may be off base...) I may be recalling this incorrectly, but I thought they mentioned in the movie that the technology exists to go 200 miles without recharging — but that the oil companies somehow purchased the patent to block the development of the technology. Does that ring a bell? (I may be off base…)

]]> By: Matthew Kressel http://www.sensesfive.com/2008/06/23/ethanol-is-not-a-panacea/comment-page-1/#comment-68539 Matthew Kressel Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:47:09 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2008/06/23/ethanol-is-not-a-panacea/#comment-68539 I've seen the film. While they present the car as traveling much farther than 40 miles on a charge, why then is Chevy saying this is difficult to do with today's technology? There was a full article in the Atlantic talking about Chevy's openness in the design of the Volt. I can't believe the oil lobby is controlling all these engineers. I’ve seen the film. While they present the car as traveling much farther than 40 miles on a charge, why then is Chevy saying this is difficult to do with today’s technology? There was a full article in the Atlantic talking about Chevy’s openness in the design of the Volt. I can’t believe the oil lobby is controlling all these engineers.

]]> By: Mercurio http://www.sensesfive.com/2008/06/23/ethanol-is-not-a-panacea/comment-page-1/#comment-68538 Mercurio Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:40:11 +0000 http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2008/06/23/ethanol-is-not-a-panacea/#comment-68538 If you haven't seen it yet, you should rent "Who Killed the Electric Car?" The technology already exists to go much farther than 40 miles without charging up. I agree with you 100% that the answer needs to be a multifaceted one. But the oil industry is a powerful lobby. I've been hearing about this country's need for energy alternatives since Jimmy Carter's term, so I'm very skeptical anything will actually get done. (It also hasn't helped that there's been an oilman in the Oval Office the past eight years.) Unless oil hits an extreme price that forces radical change (and the oil cartel won't let that happen) I predict we won't be seeing the development of these energy alternatives. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should rent “Who Killed the Electric Car?” The technology already exists to go much farther than 40 miles without charging up. I agree with you 100% that the answer needs to be a multifaceted one.

But the oil industry is a powerful lobby. I’ve been hearing about this country’s need for energy alternatives since Jimmy Carter’s term, so I’m very skeptical anything will actually get done. (It also hasn’t helped that there’s been an oilman in the Oval Office the past eight years.) Unless oil hits an extreme price that forces radical change (and the oil cartel won’t let that happen) I predict we won’t be seeing the development of these energy alternatives.

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