im pretty sure there was the technology to power the engine of a motor car on water 50 or so years ago.
problem is an oil company bought the patent and it has been shelved ever since.
http://waterpoweredcar.com/inventors.html
until vehicle manufacturers begin looking seriously at alternatives the consumer will suffer. but irony is the the consumer is more powerful than they (we) realise...
some of what you write may come true. what is certain is that kind of world will breed violence. people will only get pushed so far before they rebel.
fingers crossed Obama wins the US election. he may be the only chance we have to restore a sense of harmony and normality to the world.
