Government wants up to 62 mpg by 2025
10-02-2010, 06:57 PM
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hydrogen, really? the only way it would even be close to happening is if the market itself allowed for it. gasoline has had over 100 years to develop its infrastructure. its LAGUHABLE to think with the things are now that a hydrogen infrastructure could be put up in any sort of density any time soon.
electric cars are even worse because of the lack of research into things like fusion reactors. nuclear power plants are barely able to get to the stage they are in planning as is let alone building them in any meaningful numbers. coal is the majority provider and to go to wind an solar is absolutely insane when you figure in how much land will be needed for both along with the energy it takes to produce both.
do i see 65mpg before 2025 as an avg? oh hell no. the market simply says no at the moment as does the rate of research and development. will we eventually get there or past it eventually? yes, we will. thing is, it wont be the govt that gets us there.
electric cars are even worse because of the lack of research into things like fusion reactors. nuclear power plants are barely able to get to the stage they are in planning as is let alone building them in any meaningful numbers. coal is the majority provider and to go to wind an solar is absolutely insane when you figure in how much land will be needed for both along with the energy it takes to produce both.
do i see 65mpg before 2025 as an avg? oh hell no. the market simply says no at the moment as does the rate of research and development. will we eventually get there or past it eventually? yes, we will. thing is, it wont be the govt that gets us there.
10-02-2010, 09:20 PM
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The government needs to stop trying to dictate how the market works. The market is not the government's responsibility, and forcing arbitrary fuel economy guidelines on the auto industry is neither going to help consumers nor is it going to measurably help the environment. All they're going to do is raise car prices to the point where families can scarcely afford a second car and hurt the economy.
Sorry if that gets the thread locked, but it's something that needed to be said.
Sorry if that gets the thread locked, but it's something that needed to be said.
10-04-2010, 03:54 AM
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I will be more then happy to ride a scooter to work, as long as everyone else is on scooters. I'm not fighting through 18 wheelers on a moped 
Smart man. Infrastructure is the immediate hurdle with any new fuel.
10-04-2010, 09:15 AM
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10-04-2010, 12:28 PM
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The reason why the flag appears to be blowing in the wind, is that it's attached to a rigid aluminum pole, which is in his hand, and moving around, in zero gravity. So all the forces going into the pole are transmitted into the flag.
10-04-2010, 01:15 PM
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Not zero gravity, but 1/6 normal gravity. Still, there were poles on the side and the top of the flag so that it didn't fall next to the pole never to be recognized.
10-04-2010, 01:51 PM
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10-04-2010, 01:56 PM
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Right, reduced gravity, such that the flag is not going to fold up on itself as usual. This topic got here because of post #24; it's kind of hard to just let that slide without saying anything. Those astronauts risked their lives, and are heroes.
10-04-2010, 07:25 PM
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It's not opinion. If you are really dumb enough to think we never went to the Moon, I feel sorry for your friends, family, future children, and anyone you ever come in contact with for having to talk to you. Yeah everybody has a right to an opinion, but you have to base it off something intelligent for people to take you seriously.
10-04-2010, 08:10 PM
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Or we could all do turbocharged biodiesel swaps like this one 
http://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...sel/index.html
http://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...sel/index.html
10-04-2010, 09:27 PM
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I still wonder if Area 51 is where they filmed the "moon landing" i've heard there were shots taken from the air that show craters inside A51 that closely resemble the ones taken on the moon.