Cara, Yes but fuel oil heats the majority of American homes, which is basically tax exempt diesel fuel.
But your point is well taken; we cannot drill, or grow, our way out of a positive carbon balance. However, how much can conservation realistically reduce fossil fuel use? 10%? 20%? But I believe the solution is multi-faceted, a little solar, a little wind, a little vegetable oil and ... a little bicycle. ;-) However, its all about money and what Americans seem to forget is that conservation does make money! For all of us! The less fossil fuel we use the more money we "make"... for ourselves. David On Feb 12, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Cara Lin Bridgman wrote: > This statement in the article astounded me: > 'While it is important to analyze the climate change consequences of > differing energy strategies, we must all remember where we are today, > how world demand for liquid fuels is growing, and what the realistic > alternatives are to meet those growing demands, said Bob Dineen, the > groups director, in a statement following the Science reports > release.' > > The REAL point is that we have to reduce demand. Obviously reducing > demand or moving towards a steady state is not attractive because > there > is no money in it, making it bad for business (at least current > businesses). For the same reason, Reduce and Reuse get very little > media coverage--it's all about Recycle. > > Aren't cars and trucks the main consumers of liquid fuels? > > CL > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Cara Lin Bridgman > > P.O. Box 013 Phone: 886-4-2632-5484 > Longjing Sinjhuang > Taichung County 434 > Taiwan http://megaview.com.tw/~caralin/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > William Silvert wrote: >> This story appeared in today's NY Times, and the articles referred to > appear in the current issue of Science. >> >> February 8, 2008 >> >> Studies Deem Biofuels a Greenhouse Threat >> >> By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL >> > <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/science/earth/08wbiofuels.html? > sq=greenhouse&st=nyt&scp=3&pagewanted=all>
