🚀 go-pugleaf

On May 16, 8:09 pm, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@removethispacbell.net>
wrote:

> > --Damon, still hoping for a Mr. Fusion
>
> There is a Ford Fusion:http://www.fordvehicles.com/cars/fusion/?v=html

A ford Fusion for what?  MPG 20/29! Cripes my Toyota pickup truck gets
better than that!  Obviously nobody ESPECIALLY those at GM have ANY
intention of dealing with running out of oil!  They also seem to
prefer taking a backseat in the auto industry allowing other companies
to actually be number one.

Not only is there the ELECTRIC car fiasco, but there is much more as
well!

Consider the electric car. Yes, there are battery problems: Lead acid
are heavy. Ni-MH tend to discharge just sitting. and Li-Ion are very
expensive with a 5 year life.  BUT, the key is that these cars run on
COAL and not OIL!  That means that even though they leave something to
be desired in performance, you still get to keep driving to work every
day even when gasoline hits $100 a gallon.

Which brings up the point. Cars have various functions. Yes a nice
high performance gas car does a lot of things nicely. It has power, it
has range, it has comfort.  But a great deal of driving is just going
to work daily through slow city traffic. So an electric is ideal for
that. You recharge at night and go to work each day.  No wonder people
loved them. The idea of using an electric to perform ALL your driving
is dumb.  But splitting out your commuting driving for electric makes
great sense.

And in the meantime, hey I'm driving a "classic" Geo metro! 45/55 mpg
(actually measured by me!) Now go look at current offerings by auto
makers! NOTHING comes close.  It seems that building a Geo is sort of
like making a mummy, everyone has forgotten how to do it!  Cripes, I
LOVE that little car but support from GM is nil, they have offered
NOTHING like it for years, and pretend that this "technology" doesn't
even exist!  It's downright criminal!

And that's not even the limits!  One could use aluminum and carbon
fiber construction to go for some "real" mileage! But instead all we
have is a huge scam and wringing of hands as if nothing can be done.
I've got it, lets all drive to work in gigantic high-profit SUVs that
GM will happily supply [and then demand a higher salary to pay for the
increased fuel costs] You want a formula for disaster? There is one
for you!  And GM will support you in it.