Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
Nobodies suggesting we get rid of cars just what fuel they run on. In fact they may well have to build all sorts of things to embrace this new technology that could lead to more jobs not less.

Again one could make the same argument you make when it was suggested that the car should replace the horse. Its true many people lost their jobs that had been in their family for generations. But look at all the new jobs it created.
Fair enough, but we are talking about a global industry around oil. I'm not imagining the numbers here, have a look at any statistic you want on the amount of barrels of oil produced per year, and multiply it times what is it now 65 a barrell?

Reduce it by whatever amount you want to cut it by, then find me the filler. Maybe Im being a little bit of devils advocate, believe me Im all for a greener world, but Oil is the one commodity we have that interconnects massive amounts of economic output.