Will Improving Gas Mileage Now Help or Hurt the “Green” Movement in the Long Term?
I believe that improving energy efficiency is the “low hanging fruit” in this energy crisis - and obviously should be the first step in any reasonable plan to fix the way we power civilization.
I attended an Energy Freedom Conference last weekend in Chicago with the idea that energy conservation (esp. fuel conservation thru eco-driving techniques learned using websites like FuelClinic.com ) is a key component to helping solve our problems.
I was surprised by the several attendees I talked with who believe improved fuel efficiency was not to our long-term best interest, saying it may help to reduce prices but at the same time would reduce the public’s interest (and long-term investment) in actually fixing the problem with alternative fuels, etc…
I’m curious what others here think - does energy conservation work to our advantage, or does it actually hurt the green movement in the long term by reducing investment?
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Wow, that is really intersting! I think it is true that our society has short term memory. Once we get through the difficult times and the prices at the pump drop we forget all about it. It’s crazy, it is all they talk about on the news day after day, but the prices go down for a month or so and folks are back out buying the gas guzzling SUVs again. I would really like to believe that this last crisis has made a big impacact, but unfortunatley I’m not so sure. I guess time will tell, hopefully for all of us we are on our way to finding a new solution to the fuel crisis!