Well, if worldwide oil use went down dramatically, the existing supply would last much longer, basically becoming “sustainable” in some sense (there will almost certainly always be oil, but how much and at what price is determined by what we’re doing with it). It’s not renewable, and long term it’s certainly not sustainable. But the general goal is to move toward more sustainable things, as it’s rather impractical for us all to start walking and biking. It’s all baby steps for energy-intensive, high population modern society to move from extractive thinking to sustainable thinking.

I tend to agree with this forecast. BMW has hybridized their 1 series, and MINI as well in Europe. The technology for mild hybrids has gotten good enough that it will probably become standard sometime in the next decade, as long as fuel prices remain high.

Yes, even if you discount the oil and coal required to manufacture something made of metal, plastic, and rubber, and somehow make the case in your own mind that that’s a “one-time” cost.

It’s not “sustainable” if you have to keep adding petroleum to it, right?

Honda Home Energy Station

I drive a motorcycle (2004 Honda Shadow VT1100)
And a car (2007 MINI Cooper “S”)
And a Truck (2005 Toyota Tundra Access Cab)

And the challenges of producing it and storing it.