Hybrid cars=Private roads?
953619
I predict that if enough people start driving non-fossil fuel cars that governments will just find another way to tax drivers.  People can't understand that it's possible to have good roads that are well maintained without the government running them.  \n\nActually, governments would love this: Put a per-mile tax on all cars and require that everyone install a GPS that tracks position and broadcasts it to the government agency so the tax can be paid.  Then of course the police will want access to the position data for "safety" reasons.  Then Hooray! Total surveilence!  If you complain then you must have something to hide.  After all, we're doing it for the children.
874088
VW's are on the upper end of affordable.  I do think that in general rich kids are the ones driving.\n\nI really like the new Passat.  I like the new tail lights.  I also like the head lights.  Those are big things for me, the lights.
261865
Demand is Growing:  More people own an SUV (gas hogs).\nIf everyone would switch to a hybrid vehicle, they would cut their need for gas by 65%.  Demand would fall and gas prices would fall.  \nUnfortunately there are too many irresponsible people in the world and this will ultimately lead to our demise.
586465
No problem "N". I'm actually in the market for a new car and I'm considering the Civic hybrid, with the current criminal Bush administration in charge of things, I foresee gas prices going up and up. Some neocon zombies will cite supply and demand, yeah right. Bush is an oil man first and formost. I can't wait for 2008. Give your horses a carrot from me :)
525342
Plenty of buses run on LNG, it is one of the options car companies should be thinking about.  \nWhat we really need to be working on is more renewable fuel sources like E85.  Many cars can already use this and their owners don't ever know it (check out www.cars.com).  The solution is certainly not to "open up more federal lands to oil and gas exploration", as the person above says. We need to be thinking long-term and not just coming up with ways to destroy the environment more quickly.
454516
The bikes are not illegal... just don't drive them on the roads unless they have all the lights, tags, insurance...  they fall into the same category as a vespa.
678999
Very noble thoughts but hypocritical! Who would leave his car at home and ride a bicycle to work? Would u? The world is too entangled in the interests of different groups to let go of the facilities it has even if those facilities pollute our air. Big business clearly doesn't bother--Has there been a decrease in number of cars manufactured in the world? OK they're more energy efficient, but that doesn't solve the problem--Energy efficiency doesn't change the gases released into the atmoephere. Until now we should have developed and started mass producing a car using some other source of energy.Generatios to come will look back and definitely blame us for our inability to react fast enough to a looming danger.
1167180
Wow, good question. My feeling is that hover cars are just not practical for the U.S. To me, the better course of action is to promote hybrid cars and make them better each year. As far as smart homes, these are already a fact. You just won't see them in normal communities because they are very, very expensive and will probably remain so for many years. And how much more unlimited does one want as far as commodities at our disposal? What commodities do we lack? I see ads for things I never even thought about, much less need or want, as well as limitless ads for automobiles, PCs, cell phones, foods, clothing - and on and on. There is just so much going on, that the latest thinkers and inventors and their ideas may get lost in all the information at our disposal.
1150807
Yes, but isolating the drivers would be challenging and most likely not cost effective.
646924
I think there are enough open roads to allow for it safely. Provided the right roads are assigned the correct MPH, then I see no problem with it.
978153
because there are a number of issues that have to be resolved.  First of all - electricity is an expensive source of energy as compared to gasoline.  Next you have the performance issues that come with battery and hybrid cars.  Also you have the reliability and life-expectancy issues of the batteries.  (Pay $4,000 every four to five years to replace the batteries.)\n\nAnd finally you have the cost vs. benefit ratio from the consumer's viewpoint.  The fact of the matter is that the added expenses associated with a hybrid car are more than the cost of the gasoline you save with that car.
1002942
no, not yet - you might have a chance to see it in test drive situations however, but not on public roads.
388397
Most would be content to get rid of cars until it comes to their own. Not realizing that horses polluted the ozone far more than cars we have today. No sense in complaining because in some cases an environmental check is good for us as long as it does not brake the bank and this won't. It may be possible that because of them(greenies) there will be alternative modes of extraction. Now there is only a few modes of extraction wherein only 20% efficiency is obtained. The realm of perpendicular drilling has not been explored yet. Mark my words you will see those things explored very shortly.
526323
You shouldn't go after us who OWN SUV's, you should go after the ones who approve them to be on the road.  That's like going after the person who buys the drugs instead of the drug DEALER!
901130
The general rule-of-thumb is that the marketplace will provide the public sector with all goods and services that a society would need.\n\nThis 'fails' under certain circumstances with modern society. If roads need to be built across state lines, or a telphone system, then the costs and cooperation needed end up being too prohibitive, for any one company to perform.\n\nHence the government steps in and creates a govn't agency, or a quasi-govn't entity to get the job done. Typically these organizations are beyond the normal supply and demand and competiveness features found within the private sector for lowering prices, and enhancing services (aggressively).\n\nThe idea of "privatization" is to move these quasi-govn't 'things' to the private sector and reap the benefits that come with better mgmt. and lower prices.
849476
Yes but that is DIFFERENT it is for government purpose, most governments are hypocrites they all want you to do as they say but not what they do. Have you seen those nice cars they all ride around in, not exactly your average 1300 model.
412094
its legal to install nos in your car just not to use it on the street, but it's legal to use it at the drag strip etc..