Man vs God

[NotR]

Does modern government contradict with God's will for people? Most people, such as me, would call today's system inhumane in a tolerative sense. The "American Dream" of "equality capitalism" is disturbed from birth, as people are born into different layers of society. Nothing against America itself, but it seems that American government is very picky about inflicting this rule on other countries.

[Alamanach]

Interestingly enough, a couple of my friends (who are in grad school now) seem to be of the opinion that the technology already exists to replace the internal combustion engine once the lack of resources makes it obsolete, but that as long as the resource exists to be consumed, they'll keep milking the technology for all that it's worth, and make a killing on the new technology when its purchase becomes necessary.

Largely correct. I didn't post links to them, but there are battery-powered cars and hydrogen fueled vehicles that are in the late prototype stage. It shouldn't be surprising that automakers would drag their feet somewhat in introducing alt fuel vehicles; their factories and tooling are set up to make gasoline-powered engines. They are (reasonably enough) going to want to get as much out of those investments as they can. But as demand picks up for alternate fuel vehicles, that inertia will be overcome.