[thackney]

Europe all ready does pay around $9.00 a gallon. Why are they not “getting serious about Alternatives”?

Are you sure they are not?

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,480186,00.html

http://www.biodieselinvesting.com/biodiesel-archives/category/europe/

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/04/26/european-biodiesel-board-files-unfair-competition-complaint-agai/

Keep in mind most of the Europe fuel cost is tax. Pretty easy for the governments to apply the same to other fuels as well.

[MNJohnnie]

And where are the 100 mile per gallon cars? The Electric cars? The Fuel Cell cars?

Basically this is various on a theme, not a change from the basic equation of Oil based power.

Like the Prius etc these are still looking like rich man toys, not viable alternative to Oil based power.