The article says that the gasoline would still emit carbon dioxide. They’re just saying that since the process takes out what it puts back in, it wouldn’t add to the problem.

The $3.40 price was mentioned as a “break-even price” if they get some “technological advances”. The way things are going that may actually seem really cheap one day soon.

Electric cars don’t necessarily solve the problem, however, they do have a couple things in their favor. First of all, they switch the energy generation and resultant pollution to the power plants, and out of the cities where large numbers of people are. Secondly, if we can manage to switch to renewable energy, there’s no pollution or CO2 to worry about. (Yes, that’s a big “if”.)

And third, generating electricity to power cars is a much more efficient use of fuel than gasoline. (See http://www.teslamotors.com/efficiency/well_to_wheel.php for a good comparison.)

I agree that it’s an idea worth pursuing, but I think others are worth pursuing as well. Ultimately, to solve this problem, we’re going to need to come up with lots of alternatives, including, perhaps, having less cars altogether and replacing them with more efficient types of transportation like mass transit.

The article says that the gasoline would still emit carbon dioxide. They’re just saying that since the process takes out what it puts back in, it wouldn’t add to the problem.

The $3.40 price was mentioned as a “break-even price” if they get some “technological advances”. The way things are going that may actually seem really cheap one day soon.

Electric cars don’t necessarily solve the problem, however, they do have a couple things in their favor. First of all, they switch the energy generation and resultant pollution to the power plants, and out of the cities where large numbers of people are. Secondly, if we can manage to switch to renewable energy, there’s no pollution or CO2 to worry about. (Yes, that’s a big “if”.)

And third, generating electricity to power cars is a much more efficient use of fuel than gasoline. (See http://www.teslamotors.com/efficiency/well_to_wheel.php for a good comparison.)

I agree that it’s an idea worth pursuing, but I think others are worth pursuing as well. Ultimately, to solve this problem, we’re going to need to come up with lots of alternatives, including, perhaps, having less cars altogether and replacing them with more efficient types of transportation like mass transit.