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Originally Posted by Metallover
With modded diesel cars you can get 65+ and apparently people are pushing 80 from little tdi's. Diesel is a great fuel; gets 30% better economy then gasoline. 50% of European cars are diesel. You can't buy a single fuel efficient car in america compared to those europeans...
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RIGHT. And that should be proof enough for most people that, at least in the West, there is a stranglehold on new technologies.
Yes Virginia there really
is a conspiracy.
Another good example of that would be the Tucker, you get squashed if you are not a "frat boy".
I'm starting to really think we need a third option, if there is one. I have no real opinion on the nuclear alternative, if it can
truly be done safely and cleanly......
And I echo what ZP said about the mfr's going FAR out of their way to make the electrics as unappealing as possible. I remember seeing an electrified VW Rabbit at the Ontario Science Centre (was about 1977) and the poor thing was
loaded with lead-acid batteries to the point that they encroached significantly into the passenger area, and the performance must have been absolutely pathetic. that was 30+ years ago, and I can't really say much has improved in that time. And I believe that is because of constant hindrance by third parties, to say the least.
And look at the average vehicle mileage since the 70's, we are talking about miniscule improvements in the numbers.
We need other options, and no, I'm not talking about a commercially produced Flintstone-mobile either, but yes electrics are the best stop-gap alternative at the moment IMO.