[couslee]

I know for a fact I would not want cars to increase humidity. And that IS bad for the environment.

One of the causes of the pollution inVersion layer in Phoenix, for example, is the large amount of pool owners there. The increase of humidity (during summer months) from evaporation from those, has caused a nasty pocket over the town.

No, they would have to develop some sort of HO2 reclamation in the exaust system, and a national system to reclaim that. Send it through water treatment and and then back out. Otherwise you would still be hurting the environment, but in a different way.

The problem with getting any of these alternative sources off the ground, is the oil powers have a lot of money to use for lobbying. Both here in the US, and abroad. How hard do you think Saudi Arabia would fight (politically speaking) to keep oil the mainstay? We have a lot of technology that would eliminate fossil fuel dependence. It's getting it implemented that is causing a problem. It is an economic war.

Now this, is just hearsay, but I heard way back back when I lived out on the west coast. someone obtained the funding for a major windmill project. and an "investor" came and bought him out with an "offer he could not refuse". the investor was from an oil company, and once in control of the project, it was scrapped. never did get completed. Even if the story was not factual, the potential for it being true is present.

(edited for typos, may have missed some.lol)

[ January 29, 2003, 13:13: Message edited by: couslee ]