Using petrol fuel is a political reason?

• controversay

  25 Mar 02, 13:38

  With continued introduction of electric cards, ppl are becoming more environmentally friendly. However, the practicality of it is still limited, seeing that only the european union, US and other developed nations have adapted most of their gas stations with electric charging facilities.
  
  However with the launch of newer models of hybrid cars such as the new honda civic, this turns us to the question of why (if technology is already more than capable of bringing us to a fuel-free age of movement) we are still dependent on liquid fuel to power our engines?
  
  After all, the 1300cc honda has self-charging battery cells and actually made the trip from thailand to s'pore (over 2000km) on a single tank in an attempt to set a new record. Where speed is not the essence, clean cars like the honda and toyota hybrids can and shd be the cars of today, not tomorrow.
  
  Of course our current infrastructure is unable to support this and the dramatic shift from petrol to electric is gonna means hundreds of lay-offs for the oil industry.
  
  Even now, they raise prices in the face of OPEC's reduction in prices...a situation that was already highlighted by CASE but to no avail.
  
  The probable truth is that no one, not even the govt is prepared to endorse CASE's attempt to boycott all gas stations, fearing a political and manpower backlash from oil giants shell and exxonmobil among others.
• bigdeal

  25 Mar 02, 14:12

  wat a CONTROVESAY issue... plz proceed to racetrack and ask them lor... those guys more PRO
• controversay

  25 Mar 02, 14:18

  Originally posted by bigdeal:

  wat a CONTROVESAY issue... plz proceed to racetrack and ask them lor... those guys more PRO

  *yawn* u spelt my name wrong damnit!
  
  
• bigdeal

  25 Mar 02, 14:21

  then.. wat a CONTROVERSAY issue... but i tot only got controversy this word nia...
• FireIce

  25 Mar 02, 14:27

  as the natural, irreversible resource is facing depletion in the near future, considering the intensity of our ruthless exploitation, it is good to hear tt hybrid cars are getting popular
  
  however, there is still a demand for fuel and fast cars..(hop over to Racetrack and see)
  
  while some jobs are lost, other jobs are created...
  
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• controversay

  25 Mar 02, 14:46

  Originally posted by bigdeal:

  then.. wat a CONTROVERSAY issue... but i tot only got controversy this word nia...

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  [This message has been edited by controversay (edited 25 March 2002).]