It's not only about cheap energy it's about sustainable and clean energy that is ultimately affordable. I suppose you are all for mountaintop coal mining and hydraulic fracturing to get that natural gas and think corn based ethanol is a good idea too.
How are viable alternatives ever supposed to progress to the point where they are affordable if you feel money spent on research is money wasted?
You believe that if we don't have an electrical grid that can support mass use of electric vehicles or one to get electricity from solar/wind/geothermal/tidal energy sources we should not consider building them? How is that progressive thinking? Or is progressive thinking a waste as well?
Here are some things to read that I found after a few minutes of searching. I'm sorry but I don't want to spend more time looking up sources that you may feel are more credible that say the same things.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ost-per-charge
Something on all the "wasted" green energy stimulus money.
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/10/rom...ergy-whoppers/
Something on the real cost of hydrogen.
http://www.fuelcellforum.com/reports/E21.pdf
And something on the scale of money that is funneled to the O&G industry and then into political campaigns.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...its/?mobile=nc
I doubt we will agree on much with regards to this debate. We are on opposite sides and probably aren't going to change each others minds.
If people start talking about stiffening technological progress it always fires me up. I feel it's our only hope for survival. So I apologize for having a strong opinion about this stuff. And for believing my opinion is closer to the truth than your opinion
I'm sure you feel the same.
Let's just agree that riding dirtbikes is about the most fun you can have and leave it at that.