As pump prices rise and the buzz around plug-in alternatives grows, I vowed to leave behind my privileged public transit lifestyle in New York City and spend three days gasoline-free where it meant something: In my family's hometown suburbs of Durham, N.
At the very least, the predictable emergence of tens of millions of cars here and abroad that don't require gasoline will create a free market in various alcohol-based "Freedom Fuels" that are considerably less expensive to produce than gasoline at prices well below today's.