Some benefits to our high gas prices

As I feel the pinch at the pump as everybody, I've wondered over the last year what benefits, if any, could come from higher gas prices. For years I always thought that the technology surrounding our standard combustion engine vehicles was stagnant. More effort was being put into marketing vehicles with iPod adapters than new fuel efficiencies it seemed. But since high gas prices are here and is creating an enormous ripple effect through our economy, all of a sudden, car manufacturers can't come out with new technologies fast enough. You have Honda now introducing a test vehicle in southern California that is a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle with zero emissions and runs on hydrogen which is the most plentiful fuel source in the universe.

At some point in the future, gasoline will be extinct. Will vehicles disappear too? No, vehicle manufacturers will miraculously roll out vehicles that work just as well if not better on many other sources of fuel. Of course they could have been rolling them out years ago but the need just wasn't there as it is today. Personally, I'm delighted to see the new alternative fuel based vehicles being pressured to emerge and as long as gas prices remain high and going higher, there's no doubt we'll see more of these vehicles appear with greater frequency. Necessity is the mother of invention and works well in lighting a fire under the butts of those that need a kick start. I just hope, that the manufacturers make these vehicles affordable enough to be feasible to switch over. Right now hybrid vehicles are the rage for people to buy, but they still don't make financial sense until gas prices reach $10/gallon. The average person is not making a hybrid pay for itself just yet by in large. But as we make our way to $10 gas, I'm sure the auto makers will give us even more creative options for pushing the wheels faster than ever.

Here's an interesting link I found about converting your car to burn water & gasoline...click here.