Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone
I disagree with this. Gasoline could easily be replaced by other vehicle fuel commodities at service stations. They switched over from leaded to unleaded gasoline in the 70s. It wouldn't be all that hard to switch over to electricity, or whatever other fuel medium keeps vehicles going in the coming technological generation.
Easily Don? well I dont think so, but Im a closet environmentalist I'd be happy to be wrong. Here is an example, I have a mobile station down the street, full service auto repair/gas station/convience store/dunkin doughnuts.

Now that store would be effected by a decrease in oil consumption, its business is marketed, set up for, and taylored too consumers who drive autos with oil based products.

It also has an ethonol pump I believe, but essentially the success of the store is predicated on drivers, unless you do in fact replace the oil with another commodity that business suffers. That change isnt going to be easy, at least I dont think so.

Again the environment is one of those subjects I lean left on, or whatever party will get us to make it the number 1 priority, yet I realize that oil is the number one global commodity that makes it all go (figuritively and literally).

Eliminating even part of the conumption of oil has global economic implications, until a replacement is found I dont see it as viable.