How long will gas persist?

[Agent Fred]

It's time to practice your prognostication skills!

How long do you think our "gas economy" will persist? We're in the baby steps of getting out of it now. How long will it take?

I think it will take at least a generation. After all, the gas economy has spent 100 years imposing itself on our lives; thinking that we can get rid of it in anything less than 20 years (or even 50 years) is idealism.

[dobylove]

I think no one really knows on this earth about that!

[Jeremy LA]

Originally Posted by Agent Fred

It's time to practice your prognostication skills!

How long do you think our "gas economy" will persist? We're in the baby steps of getting out of it now. How long will it take?

I think it will take at least a generation. After all, the gas economy has spent 100 years imposing itself on our lives; thinking that we can get rid of it in anything less than 20 years (or even 50 years) is idealism.

MAybe another 100 years would be the time. The other "less fortunate countries" didn't even bother having hybrids because they have other problems in mind but we could get there sometime.
You are right about this one, it will take a generation to dry off Saudi! But the number of vehicles that uses the fuel will slowly be converted to hybrids or the owners will buy hybrids in the future.

[Simplyme]

That is a tough call. It all depends on the advancements and new technologies they can come out with. The will have to advance so that hybrid styles and designs fit even the pickiest needs plus also fill the needs of people who travel long distances by vehicle regularly. So I would guess another 1 to 2 decades at the least.

[Agent Fred]

Originally Posted by Jeremy LA

The other "less fortunate countries" didn't even bother having hybrids

Yeah, this can be an onging problem with the process--not every country is where we are now, in terms of technology adoption. Of course, there are also countries that are way ahead of us (note two of the pictured cars are a Chevy and a Ford--never let them tell you they "can't make this technology work!").

[twocents]

Oh, I dont think it is going anywhere, anytime soon. We are to dependent on it and everything is created to use and consume gas easily.