Questions and Answers Regarding Clean Cars
August 15th, 2008 by admin
Wouldn’t the developing world be worried that green cars might cost more and therefore, really want to get the cars and worry later about the quality of the air? Somewhat to my surprise, it’s remarkable to me how many countries that are quite poor are beginning to demand clean vehicles. If one spends any time in Thailand, especially in Bangkok, the host of problems that plague the general public in that area are enormous and yet they have identified air pollution as a serious impediment to their future development, not only in terms of its impact on its own people, but also in terms of its attractiveness as a place for industry, tourists and so forth. So they see cleaning up the environment as an integral part of their economic development. I just use them as one example. I think there are many examples like that. That is becoming more the norm rather than the exception. One could say the same, for example, about Eastern Europe as it has developed. We’re creating all these incentives and indeed, requirements for cleaner vehicles. There are a lot of different ways that we’ve heard about, ways in which people are beginning to try to do that, such as electric cars, natural gas, fuel cells, and so on. How is this all going to develop in the ideal world? How should it develop? In other words, are we going to go through a period of time where there will be a kind of market competition among these various alternatives? Is there ultimately going to be, as a few people have either argued or predicted, an alternative of choice? Should we somehow all be getting together and tydng to decide what that is now and pool our resources to develop it? Creating the competition is the best way to get winners and if I would disagree a little perhaps with some others, I don’t think there will be a winner. I think if we create the right climate, there will be several technologies.If you enjoyed reading this post, check out my other writings on the automobile industry, such as my article about how to lookup license numbers online. Have a look, you’ll like it!
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