re: #379 Obdicut

But this isn’t true. While that would be in some ways ideal, we can do a hell of a lot by simply slowing the immense amount of use of fossil fuels by all humans. We can develop carbon capture technology. We can adjust all of our own lifestyles in small amounts. We can export green tech to the developing world at low cost, just as we did for CFCs.

We’re humans. We kick ass. We’d kick a lot more ass if the anti-science brigade weren’t chewing on humanity’s collective leg like a demented toothless bulldog.

There was a time in America about 25 years ago that you could walk into a Honda showroom and buy a car that only weighed 1700 lbs and got 54mpg. That technology is as old as I am! So Imagine a fuel-efficient, clean diesel or hybrid commuter vehicle that only really needs to develop about 70 hp. Imagine the mileage of a Volt style powertrain that only needs a three-cyl diesel to power the electric motor, regenerative braking, the whole deal.