[sammyg2]

Of course all these cost estimates are based on today's fuel costs.
Gasoline, diesel, natural gas and coal are extremely cheap now when compared to alternatives, but what if they weren't so cheap?
What if natural gas prices tripled over the next 5 years? What if gasoline shot up to $7 per gallon and diesel was $8? What if the cost of coal quadrupled over the next several years?

Then the alternative fuels would be more competitive, if anyone could still afford anything.
There are folks out there who are working very hard to do exactly that, raise the cost of fossil fuels so much that the other types of energy can compete.

Onliest problem is, everything we buy or use is related to energy and transportation costs somehow, so raising these prices so much would make everything we buy more expensive so there would be much less discretionary spending left.
California already passed that law to raise those prices through "environmental" taxes and if the proposition to stop it fails, .................................................. .....................
No money, no purchases, no jobs, no money, no businesses, no jobs, no economy.
Very dangerous slippery slope.