Recently, everyone has been worried about the increases of oil prices and wondering why this happen and how much it is going to increase. The crude oil prices are determined like any normal commodity by the demand and the supply of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC actors. According to the recent public polls, people point the finger, as the main causes of the increase of oil prices to oil company producers, OPEC, President Bush, environmentalists, and speculators. Since there is an increase in demand from developing countries in Asia, the companies that have a certain amount of oil to supply increase the price. The OPEC countries on the other side can limit the production and in this case diplomatic pressure is needed. But, OPEC has not been the biggest influence on the price since 1974 when it caused the world oil crisis. Environmentalists on the other side don’t allow the drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge which could produce 600.000 barrels per day. When one takes these causes individually, in reality one can see that their effects on the prices are at the margins but when taken in total everything makes sense. It is believed that the prices will reach $150 by July 4th and this will have its own consequences. Prices of transportation will go up comprising airplanes, or local transport and life will became expensive for all of us.
In a situation where oil will become unaffordable is logical to find other means of energy. One option to normal cars is also electric vehicle. An EV is a vehicle with one or more electric motors for propulsion. The energy used to put the vehicle in motion is taken from different sources such as chemical energy, nuclear energy, from on-board rechargeable energy storage system or from solar and wind energy. There are many different types of EVs and I am not going in details but i would like to list some of the advantages. They don't create pollution such as oil waste, fumes, gas and coolant. It is more efficient and no energy is wasted when the car is waiting in traffic. They are silent and they have an infinite life span. It looks like we should start thinking about these cars now in case we want to save our pocket and our environment.
If you want to learn more about EVs, check Mike’s website www.demand4ev.com
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This is really really my very very last comment. I've been wondering why on earth solar energy cars are not being put to mass production????!!!
I remember reading an article when I was a kid, that a German company had invented such a vehicle, with flat solar panels on the roof, and it could run at least 80 km/hour. Isn't that amazing? But where is it now?! Was that company destroyed by oil industrialists and sneaky corrupted politicians, or what??!!
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