Better Place

So let me understand this, we put two rovers on Mars that were expected to work 90 days and die. Six years later they are still running on Mars via solar power. All this in an enviroment of -100 degrees at night, directed 180 million miles away. Now you try to tell me we can't make a car travel 100 miles on a single charge? How stupid do you the people of the world are? You won't an electric on this planet until we pump every last drop of oil out of the ground first.....

Hydrogen has no effect? Are you joking?!?! While I personally am all for hydrogen being successful, I can say the hydrofuel cell car on UCF campus most deffinantly has it's impact between production, maintenace, etc. Hydrogen Fuel cell has a number of "wear" parts that need to be replaced regularly all of which have their impacts to the world.

But lets avoid just jumping back into the car A is better then car B, because everyday someone makes a new discovery or pulls new statistics that changes the results, and sadly probably 90% of those stastics on both sides are skewed.

The fact is with our current technology, no matter what car you drive, you're hurting the planet. That's just the way it is. If you live within 5 miles of work, you can get to work faster on a bicycle assuming you are in "reasonable" shape. 10 miles is a reasonable distance to ride to work. (over 10 miles, well at that point I don't blaim you for driving) It's good for you, the planet, the US economy, and society in general for you to ride a bicycle if it's viable for you to do so.... See More

I rode my bicycle to work everyday almost for a year when I worked at the city, sadly until I move I currently have a commute that makes this not an option. I will say it was hard at first to ride, but once I started I felt so much better everyday generally speaking. The only major change for you as a person is your auto repair/fuel costs plummet dramatically and your food bill increases slightly. (you'll be burning a lot more callories so you'll need to adjust your diet)