>OK, why did then Ford develop a whole line of electric cars, leased them, and recently revoked them all when the lease expired? Why did they insist on making civilian armored vehicles instead? Why didn't they proceed with what they were already doing?

If so, I don't know. Perhaps in their estimation, there's not enough profit in it for them.

I guess you're again blaming Bush and Chaney for this? If so, why are they allowing Toyota and Honda to sell their hydrids here?

>In parallel to developing new energy sources, I think we (we - the world) should work hard to reduce the energy waste. So, while the scientists (American or other) are working their ases off to create new energy sources, we could at least buy them some time by not wasting energy meanwhile. Insulate our homes, adjust our thermostats two degrees off the comfort mark, replace hot lightbulbs with neon or LEDs when they break, and use the lightest vehicle (per capita) when we need a ride.

You preaching to the choir here. Which hits on my original point. Look back a few post if you're interested.


>>Too bad President Bush's alleged program to emphasize development of hydrogen as a fuel seems to have died quietly.
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>>Ever wonder why it died quietly, or is this another problem US has to deal with on its own?

>OK, so someone else will develop it and then USA will have to pay. The latest technology doesn't necessarily have to be in a superpower's cradle.

I didn't mean that US should give up and stop all the research that's going on. I merely meant that there are obsticles to get over for alternative energy to be mainstream. I mean if other countries have the know how to make it efficient and take it to mass production, do it, there's no need for them to wait on the US to take the lead. I'm waiting for it like everyone else. I don't care who develops it first.