Comments on: The Oil Spill’s Uncertain Impact on What We Drive

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:14:14 +0000

I meant of course ‘without buying a new car’

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:13:42 +0000

There are ways to save on gas with buying a new expensive fancy modern car. You could e.g. move closer to where you work. It is crazy how much time and gas is wasted because people want to live far away from their workplace in big nice house where they actually never spend much time because they are always stuck in traffic burning gas …. I know this won’t work for everyone, but many many can do it – or at least move somewhere where you can catch public transportation if possible.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:32:01 +0000

Two interesting things about this catastrophe. First, it is sending back some stunning images. That has to impact the public on some level. Sure, they can get over it and go back to their old ways, but it does have an impact. Second, this disaster may ultimately pit several large industries against one another. Normally its just a bunch of greenies battling the oil companies. This time you might see the travel and fishing industries going at it with big oil. Heck, healthcare might even get involved if we start seeing a rash of issues resulting from the spill.

That might be an interesting battle.

By: veek

veek — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:42:11 +0000

-Yes, we can sure take the easy way and substitute Persian Gulf oil for Mexican Gulf oil, but importing OPEC oil runs the risk of more Exxon-Valdez types of oil spills, less long-term value for our jobs and currency, more wars-for-oil, continued climate change, etc.

-Recently a popular car magazine ran an editorial page advocating a gas tax to reduce our demand for oil. The facing page had a full-page ad advising people to get out and have fun by taking a long (and totally unnecessary) pleasure-drive. Guess which side of the page was more pleasant, and stimulated far more endorphins (in the short run)?

-Getting rid of our association of Cheap Oil with The Good Life will help get rid of a lot of consumption, and can enrich our lives greatly.

By: ex-EV1 driver

ex-EV1 driver — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:17:13 +0000

Some of those pragmatists will be able to buy early EVs and will do so, once they are actually available.

By: Mr.Bear

Mr.Bear — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:12:29 +0000

The problem is that this oil spill, at least in terms of the cost of oil and gas, will never hit our pocket books. For as much oil is being spilled into the Gulf, the total world production is magnitudes greater.

Hence why it also makes no sense to drill any more offshore wells in US waters. Assuming that all the resources were being tapped, it wouldn't have much of an affect in lowing the price of oil.

The economic impact from this spill is going to be felt in ecological damage, cleanup/restoration costs, loss of fishing, and loss of tourism. I think at most all that will cause is the cost of drilling new offshore wells to increase.

If that does happen, then maybe that might cause fewer offshore wells to be drilled because the up-front costs will not be worth the long term profits.

By: van

van — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:48:03 +0000

I think the oil spill will create more demand for plug-in vehicles, both BEV’s and Plug-in Hybrids like the Volt and Prius PHV. If the second generation Leaf battery (NMC) does succeed in lowering cost below $300 per kwh of initial capacity, and reaches an energy density over 200 wh/kg, we will have the technology to end dependence. 2013 is going to be a very interesting year.