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Gasoline will dominate for a long while, panelists say

The Houston Chronicle -- With no technology offering the perfect solution, automakers are pursuing a multipronged strategy to reduce greenhouse gases by improving fuel efficiency and developing cars that run longer and better from an array of energy options.

But most motorists still can expect regular trips to the gas pump for quite a while, industry representatives said Wednesday at the IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates CERAWeek energy conference.

“The future has to be a very diverse portfolio of answers,” said Britta Gross, who works on energy systems and infrastructure with General Motors Co., part of a panel that discussed the future of transportation.

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Submitted Mar 11, 2010 By: GM

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CharlieC08 Champion Author Colorado Posts:3,812 Points:648,320 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 7:33:30 AM Ignore CharlieC08 Report Abuse I'v said that all along, would someone tell Obummer?
Rajah Champion Author Illinois Posts:4,691 Points:1,509,745 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 7:32:24 AM Ignore Rajah Report Abuse The headline is right. We've got a huge base of vehicles that overwhelmingly uses only gasoline or diesel. If something perfect came along, it'd still be a long time before all those were off the road. Besides that, the fact is that we don't have a good replacement yet anyway.
Gas_Buzzer Champion Author South Carolina Posts:9,474 Points:1,701,030 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 7:32:19 AM Ignore Gas_Buzzer Report Abuse Yep, and we are capping off our wells to save the oil for...?
RochBear Champion Author Minnesota Posts:5,538 Points:1,049,165 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 7:31:25 AM Ignore RochBear Report Abuse Even if ALL new cars were something other than gasoline, cars last over 20 years. SO we would need gasoline and diesel for at least 20 years to come. But cars that are Hybrid (even plug in Hybrids) or gas/diesel Electric, still will need gas/diesel for longer trips.
ssect8 Champion Author Hartford Posts:3,081 Points:1,220,075 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2010 7:31:05 AM Ignore ssect8 Report Abuse The government needs to move to nuclear and stop using oil and coal for our electric plants and then there will be enough supply of oil for gasoline for our cars and the price will come down.