


  (Source: University of Pittsburgh)







This study was published in Environmental Science and Technology.

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RE: Petroleum demand
By nafhan on 10/25/2010 10:14:18 AM , Rating: 2
A little devil's advocate here:
We've got oil, so we should use it. This article and others have shown that we've got viable, if expensive, alternative sources that can and may (one day) replace oil. The advantages to not using oil are therefore relatively minor (i.e. it's going to get used, it's just a matter of when).
Plus, just because one country stops using it, others probably will not. By not using it ourselves, we could be giving those countries a prolonged period of economic advantage.
I'm not advocating being wasteful with it, of course. I'm syaing use it while we can and continue work on bringing down the cost of alternative petro-chemical sources.

RE: Petroleum demand
By lelias2k on 10/25/2010 12:16:34 PM , Rating: 2
Sure, as the #1 country in the world why should we serve as an example of proactive behavior...

RE: Petroleum demand
By nafhan on 10/25/2010 2:37:34 PM , Rating: 2
why should we serve as an example of proactive behavior
Good question, and I can't really give you a good answer for it.

