Green Options » Back to the Future http://greenoptions.com/tag/back-to-the-future Posts tagged 'Back to the Future' Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Where We’re Going We Won’t Even Need Lithium: A Neurotic Look at Our Energy Future http://gas2.org/2008/10/12/where-were-going-we-wont-even-need-lithium-a-neurotic-look-at-our-energy-future/ http://gas2.org/2008/10/12/where-were-going-we-wont-even-need-lithium-a-neurotic-look-at-our-energy-future/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:17:33 +0000 Anthony Cefali http://gas2.org/2008/10/12/where-were-going-we-wont-even-need-lithium-a-neurotic-look-at-our-energy-future/ Editor’s Note: Gas 2.0 writer Karen Pease has written a response to this post entitled “Lithium Counterpoint: No Shortage For Electric Cars.”

So I stumbled across a time machine the other day and made my way into the future. I noticed something rather bizarre while I was riding my hover-board and wearing a pair of Air McFlys. First I couldn’t pump any more gas into my Delorean, so I asked the good people of the undisclosed future what they used for fuel. They used lithium-powered batteries, and their supply was running out…

For the record, I support all forms of alternative energy.  Anything but oil I say, it’s a relic of the Cold War as far as I’m concerned.  But what will be the future of energy?  Well, my time machine wasn’t completely accurate.  While I sincerely hope that we can establish an electric infrastructure, it appears that the market will decide our energy future (for more on the economics, read my last post).

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