Alternative plastics. I forget which university did it, but an experiment trying to derive the carbonic acids that all plastics are based off of was successful being done from plants. Essentially, given some time, this means that soy and corn will be the primary sources of all plastics, and since the US alone creates enough food each year to feed 10 Billion people, I'm sure we'll be able to spare some corn and soy.
Another research project at the University of Oregon has made bio-diesel very easy too produce. Before, it was not difficult, but inefficient in its cost. Now, with the new process, biodiesel will become very inexpensive to produce, and again, with Illinois leading the country in soy production, there'd be enough extra to go around for pure gas reasons. As I said in the truck threads, buy Diesel. All diesel engines made after 2000 or so can handle any future diesel engine. Heck, that's the point of diesel which was originally created to run on peanut oil.
Sweet, sweet candy folks, there is hope out there. Electricity as an alternative is stupid unless we develop cold fusion. Why? Because unless your power is from a nuclear power plant (environmentally problematic for other reasons), your power is most likely being produced by fossil fuels being burned.
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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