Question:
When will cars stop using gasoline to run?
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
When will cars stop using gasoline to run?
Eight answers:
2006-01-03 17:21:21 UTC
there are cars which don't run on gas, diesel, propane, natural gas, ethanol, methanol, or any biofuel: solar cars.



www.americansolarchallenge.org



there are many other technologies, and all of them will be used. the only reason they aren't being pushed, is because gas is still cheaper per unit power than anything/everything else.



the answer to your question: when an alternative fuel provides the same power and is cheaper than gas.
tatian15
2006-01-02 09:46:03 UTC
There are two possible ways it'll happen, and both obey the law of offer and demand.



a) The offer will disappear (We run out of oil).

b) The demand disappears (We don't use gas at all).



Of course it is very utopian to say that the world will come to its senses and stop using petroleum, so I would just wait for the oil to run out. When will it happen? I think within this century.
SilverSurfer
2006-01-02 09:34:50 UTC
When we start using our heads to think about the way to create a new a ecologic source of power to make run this world.
Nick J
2006-01-01 23:04:28 UTC
This is a reply to an earlier answer,



They also said that in the 70's.

It is true that we will probably run out soon. But there is no certainties. In the 70's the majority of the people were sure that there would be none in 2000, but as you know: there is.



In the 70's-80's the cars made more then 30 miles to the galleon, or they wouldn't even advertise the miles to the galleon ratio.



Now that cars are heavier, they therefore use more gas.



They should make cars lighter again, and even being softer would help greatly on multiple levels.



There are cars that run on natural oil, meaning oil made from lima beans I think it was. A taxi driver we met one time outside of a 7-eleven had this, as well as a tractor-trailer we saw once.



This is a completely biodegradible solution to our problems. More people should use this system.
Xenozoik
2006-01-01 22:23:54 UTC
I'd say in general around the year 2030 or maybe earlier. We're talking about a revolutionary, cheaper alternative fuel to be disseminated and adopted at a global level, plus the discontinuation of older vehicles.
cblrdy
2006-01-01 22:16:04 UTC
I think it's slowly coming. Hybrids are just the beginning, and the next Bill Gates will be the one with the best patent. Currently, Governments and big money are in way too deep to the oil companies to promote it. Realistically we won't have any oil left at the rate we're going in 70 years so there's no choice anyway.
vicked01
2006-01-01 22:13:16 UTC
When big government isn't making so much money from oil.
Prof. Whitehall
2006-01-01 22:51:49 UTC
As soon as you turn the engine off.


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