- Joined
- Nov 20, 2007
- Messages
- 11,816
- Reaction score
- 640
- Points
- 188
It would be a short lived invention, because petrol/diesel wont last forever
Said H. G. Wells in 1913 with atomic engines in mind. 100 years later, nothing really changed, unfortunately. What would be 100 years from now?petrol/diesel wont last forever
What? You don't do that already? :uhh:Now when starting the engine with laser plugs you should yell loudly Commence primary ignition!
Ever hear of the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon"]Nucleon[/ame]? I can't say I miss seeing rolling radiation hazards in the hands of the everyman. They're dangerous enough with the cars they drive now.Said H. G. Wells in 1913 with atomic engines in mind. 100 years later, nothing really changed, unfortunately. What would be 100 years from now?
It would be a short lived invention, because petrol/diesel wont last forever
Last time i checked oil will run out in 37 years and far before them the price of gas will go up to $81 a gallon as government hoard whats left to power military vehicles and emergency seevices... Haha... Look at that...
Yeah but biofuels are pretty much weak compared to gas... And space, energy, and time have be devoted away from food...
As for agricultural resources diverted from food production, yes, that is a concern, but we're producing more than enough food to feed everybody: hunger these days is a political "dictators and such getting in the way of food distribution" problem, not a "we can't grow enough food to feed everybody" problem.
EDIT: Also, people are looking at using genetically modified algae to produce various biofuels, including what amounts to pretty much straight gasoline, and algae aren't part of the food supply.