Speaking of strategic choices in the face of peak oil…
[WorldChanging]: Decades
behind developed nations when it comes to supporting a car culture,
China may actually benefit from its very backwardness. All those
bicycles mean there isn’t a cumbersome – and entrenched – gasoline
infrastructure to stand in the way of the next big thing. That’s why
China hopes to eventually bypass the oil-based auto culture and go
right to a hydrogen economy.