Originally Posted by
Mekanic
Not to mention the massive decrease in fuel mileage, the huge wear on fuel systems not designed to run this shit.
E10 doesn't reduce your fuel mileage at all, show me one test where one car was run on straight gasoline, its mileage recorded over time, then run again with E10 with reduced fuel mileage. E10 is
nowhere near concentrated enough to wear any fuel system. E85 will eat fuel systems AFTER a significant time period, but not E10.
Originally Posted by
Mekanic
Yeah, we need to reduce our use of oil. Got it.
Start importing the small diesel cars from europe that get 80MPG
None of those cars get 80mpg, its more like 60, on a good day. And none of those meet emissions standards for America, and won't meet them until Honda puts into production its new DTEC system, Mercedes starts importing its BlueTec diesels, or Subaru decides to produce its diesel boxer. None of those get anywhere near 80mpg anyway.
Originally Posted by
Mekanic
Get these fucking soccer moms off their cell phones and let them drop off their 1 90 pound whore of a daughter in an Aveo or Civic instead of a fucking diesel excursion that gets 4MPG cause the dumb bitch cant drive and wants to "feel safe"
Excursions aren't diesel.....just saying.
Originally Posted by
Mekanic
Open your eyes to the fact that there is a hell of a lot more impact when building a car then driving it, breaking all of the information down, for material production, shipping, etc. the Prius is worse on the environment than an H2.
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Originally Posted by
Mekanic
The answer doesn't lie in land killing nickel batteries or in using more fuel to make a new shittier fuel. It lies in making current technology better. The super fuel efficient small diesel euros are a great example, the park your 9000 pound monster SUV and buy a small car that does the same job is another good idea. nuclear power is another that would reduce emissions HUGELY.
Nuclear power? Really? So you think Nickel Hydride batteries damage the environment but nuclear waste is just fine? Interesting. I really hope your not referring to nuclear powered cars. I don't know your background, but I'm an aerospace engineering student(at the top rated aerospace engineering school in the country for 9 years straight), my focus is propulsion and my minor is high performance vehicles, I am a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and a member of my schools Formula Hybrid racing team (First in the nation since the competition began 2 years ago). I've met with the heads of GM and Mercedes-Benz, both formally and informally, and trust me when I say,
the future of transportation is oil. End of story. The most promising alternative at this time is small diesel hybrids, but that's still fossil fuel. Not that it matters much anyway, cars consume over 60% of the crude oil in the country, but only account for 15% of carbon emissions. Why is that? because we've gotten to the point where a major breakthrough in lowering emissions means they're lowered .001%! We can not push the technology any further, and no other technology is efficient enough to replace it in the foreseeable future. So get off your soapbox about how terrible Ethanol is, because you frankly have no idea what you're talking about, and you won't change anything anyway.