Re: R.I.P. General Motors (1931-2006)

Get real what renewable fuel can possobley take the place of gasolene in the near future? Renewables may up take care of some ot the growing need but will not take the place of gasoline in the next 50 years, even if we had started ten years ago LOL

mike hunt

>>R Sweeney wrote: >> >>>Take the hybrid for instance. >>>In Detroit, they did the math. >> >>>The truth: hybrids cost more money to make than they will EVER save in >>>the >>>miserable improvement in gas mileage they bring over a similar all gas >>>model. >> >>>So, in Detroit, hybrids made no sense. >> >> In Detroit, scrapping 15-year-old car designs, upgrading factories, and >> even inventing the minivan also made no sense because the MBA mindset >> hates uncertainty, and capital investment always includes a high degree >> of uncertainty. >> >>>But in the California design centers of the Japanese makers, American >>>designers and engineers realized that it isn't facts, it's emotion that >>>drive auto purchases. >> >> Hybrids are uneconomical at $3/gallon, but at $5+ it's another matter, >> and currently no realistic alternatives exist improve fuel consumption >> much, except diesels, but crude oil yields far less diesel than >> gasoline. > > About 20% less diesel for the same amount of energy. >
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>> And if we ever adopt a sensible energy plan, then either gas >> will be $5/gallon, or vehicles with bad fuel economy will cost more to >> buy than the efficient ones. > > Or we will learn to use renewable fuels. > > Jeff >
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