Isn’t it interesting how we need to be made aware?  it is like that old story that we never notice a specific car, until we decide to buy one, then we suddenly see thousands of those.

Since I attended the seminar in September and started this series, I am much more aware and notice a lot more – and see the trends.  Which is good.

Last week I read an article about motorcars and the author remarked that it is generally accepted that the internal combustion car will still be around until at least 2025.  One of the problems with alternative fuel is the distribution network.  Can you imagine the cost to replace all the existing fuel stations?  Initially few people are driving “new-age” cars.  Which means infrastructure development is very expensive and recouping costs takes very long. This translates into high prices.  Which in turns acts as a deterrent to change to new fuel.

Then the “old-age” technology goes through the reverse cycle. Less cars with fossil fuel means less turn-over which leads to higher prices which in turn acts as incentive to change to “new-age” technology.  Eventually we end up with a lot of useless vehicles.  (It goes like this with all technology development).

Question is:  where should your money go?  Cleaning up horse manure and investing in buggy whips (read previous posts).  Or into the new technology?

I found this interesting article last week:  Expanding the replacement battery network.

But, there is also a lot of advance in the fuel cell research.  Breakthroughs are making it easier to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.  Which means that fuel cell technology is also a strong contender for future vehicle power!

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