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Originally Posted by aklim
Well, how many of us are driving vehicles that are more than what we need? IMO, seeing as the top of the heap is around 66, if you are not around that region, aren't you part of the problem? So, your vehicle that efficient? Anyone here?
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I'm not saying I drive an efficient vehicle; I'm saying that if you look around, you will see we are not oil-starved by any stretch of the imagination, and that tapping into our strategic oil reserves because gas is a dollar more than it used to be is short-sighted.
I did buy my car with vegetable oil in mind, however, and when I have the money for a conversion I may run it on WVO. I'm still contemplating that.
Bot: As a reserve we don't have to develop it, do we? It's safely waiting for us in the ground. And while greenhouse gasses concern me, they are not the reason I'm pointing out the poor mileages some modern vehicles get. My point is that a relatively small conservation effort over a period of a several years could save us more oil than we would get from the ANWR anyway. I have read that the reserve is thought to hold a roughly 6-month supply of oil for the U.S. at current consumption rates.
But speaking of greenhouse gases, it
could be that auto emissions do have a little bit to do with the ever-thawing permafrost seen in the northern hemisphere, although I imagine it is merely one small component in a myriad of reasons.