THE FUTURE

I think the worst case scenerio would be that Ferrari would go out of business. Though I don't think it would go that far. I don't think it would happen because many Ferrari owners are wealthy and I would think they would invest in Ferrari to keep them alive. If I were able to help I would definitely do so.

As for the fuel issue... I don't think it is that bad. If there were a really bad fuel shortage I believe it would first impact the majority of the public. Then it would cause problems to the racing world. Though the chain reaction may be so fast that it wouldn't matter which were affected first.

It would be a good idea for Ferrari to think about going in a different direction for fuel, but as of now I don't think it is a major priority. They are probably thinking about the idea just like any other automobile manufacture would, but I don't think they can do much about it. I think it would consume a lot of their capital. Either way I think they really will have to deal with this soon or later, but either way it will be tough on Ferrari finacally.

Who knows maybe Ferrari will decide to call it quits before they go bankrupt. Maybe Ferrari doesn't want to make any engines that consume a different fuel. Maybe they will resist the change and then go bankrupt. Who knows, but who really wants to imagine such a day. I just hope it doesn't happen in my life time.

Future of cars----

Hi,

in a general matter, i really doubt electricity has such a big future. The idea is as old as gas engines (Think Camille Jenatski's record breaking La jamais contente), and the problems are still the same, too heavy batteries etc. Also, don't forget that one day one must recycle these lovely things, and that's not so easy as well (meaning over the real car's life cycle, including the electricity production etc, the advantage is not that big).
Also, with the current oil prices, many spots regarded as not profitable enough for drilling became very interesting (this being cyclic of course), meaning there is probably oil for the next 50 or 100 years, even if we count in China or so.
On the longer term, maybe cars will store 95 % of their exhaust in filters (like particle filters for diesel cars) that will be recycled (burnt at very high temperatures or whatever),and most probably will use hybrid technologies for city commuting cars.
For the far future, hydrogen will be a viable solution, but we'll need some more nuclear plants for that...

Lsportline43 said:

Wouldn't the shortage of fossil fuels effect how cars are built too. Isn't plastic made from oil too? I think that can become a major problem too.

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If you think about it, everything comes from the environment in one way or another. The leather in a Ferrari may not come from a bunch of black gunk, but an animal ceased to exist to make a highly aesthetic covering for your seats and dash.

What happens when we run out of cattle and buffalo to put inside our cars and to put on our dinner plates?

Probably in 150+ years when the oil supplies are getting a bit short, we maybe not even driving cars. I suppose you cannot really know what the future brings, you just have to wait!

And yes, plastic does come from fractioning and cracking of crude oil

I think by that time they will figure out how to convert all of those computer parts and old soft drink bottles into other things and other types of plastic.


I think hydrogen is a viable resource for fuel. It is practically the most 'environmentally friendly' fuel source for cars and you can use modified internal combustion rather than the hybrid engine/electric combination which still produces greenhouse and a lot of waste (lead, acid etc in batteries)

BMW made an Hydrogen fuel concept which produced only water vapour as the exhaust.