On 17 Jul 2001, at 21:53, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> >True. What WE suggest is that legislation forces car
> >manufacturers, from, say 6 months time to use Fuel Cells, NOT
> >conventional engines in all their cars.
>
> Sure, and the price of cars increases by 50%, with less size, power,
> and speed.
pfffffffffft. About $300 per car, MAXIMUM, and about the same
performance impact as switching from leaded to unleaded.
Remembering you can ditch a lot of the current measures like cat
converters because they're *not needed* with a fuel cell.
> Millions of poor people are left stranded, as they no longer have
> access to the nation's transportation networks. The spending income
> income of tens of millions of lower middle class families is greatly
> reduced as they are forced to pay a much larger fraction of their
> income on cars. Living standards decline.
Frankly, bullshit. NEW CARS. You know, the things the middle
class don't typically buy. Not ALL CARS, I know that's blatently
impractical.
Look, I'm willing to argue a point, but not when you go off in
capitalist ranting.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
