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Mike @ Nov 14th 2007 9:11PM
Craig,
It is a political view. If we really wanted to reduce the amount of fuel we use and the amount of emissions we expel, there are many other areas to go after than cars themselves.
Oversized homes that have become the new fad but aren't needed, commutes of 20+ miles each day to work, driving in gridlock which reduces real world fuel economy, etc.
Instead of hearing how every car that comes out needs to be left on the drawing board and replaced with (fill in your saviour technology of choice) powered vehicle, why don't these people focus on writing their congress person on doing something about things that are controllable now like making construction outfits finish a road project in a realistic time frame so we aren't increasing traffic (thereby reducing fuel economy) every day?
Nope, killing any interesting car is the answer and replacing it with an ugly ass Prius that you can plug in (and has magical technology that is still under realistic development), all while driving the thing 60 miles a day to get to work so you can heat and pay the mortgage on the 6,000 sq ft house for you, your wife and your two kids.