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Originally Posted by phonics2
I'm not trying to put a negative spin on this thread but do you really really really honestly think the government wants to stop using gas right now? Think of have many hundreds of billions of dollars of tax revenue they would lose.
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good point. In situations like these we normally don't see the big picture. There is a LOT of money tied up in gasoline, but imagine how much money is tied up in getting it here from other countries.
Think of it this way: America has a limited supply of gas, and we use a lot more than any other country. If we had a technology (home brewed btw) that could suddenly put our gas usage so low that we could supply ourselves, the money saved that we are spending BUYING GAS from other countries would definitely outweigh the money made from taxing that gas.
This technology could put America in a position where we literally could start selling gas to other countries more than we buy it. Any situation where you sell more than you buy is a good situation.
I don't see us going completely electric (maybe some cars will be, but there's simply not enough power there.) I see gas-electric hybrids being THE norm once this technology hits, but who knows. The article could have over-hyped it.