Drowning in Oil is the headline used by economy magazines, the disaster ofcheap oil, the subsequent slow down in creating the sustainable world. To Solar Car racing, the event for the future, cheap oil is indeed a financedisaster, so very few see the need to spend when they see no present need,and swimming in oil takes away the immediate need.
Little money is thenspent on Solar Car Racing.
As the Earth our World is an island in the universe, Japan is an island in the sea, imported food can be cut off anytime, Japan must be able to feed its people in any emergency, at any time, the Japanese Government is preparedto make a law to ensure this. Energy and food is the same. One study says it takes 20 kilojoules of oil to get 1 kilojoule on to our chop stick, in fact saying that we can not feed everyone living today without oil. I am not saying that Japan should not import luxury food, and export the luxury of a nice car.