What? We've been working hard for a hundred years to make the internal combustion engine more efficient! You think we can suddenly get 200% better just like that? Not so easy!
DRE On 4/27/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because we should be embracing any technologies serve to move us > > towards the goals of reduced dependency on fossil fuels AND reduced > > pollution. > > > > Agreed, but I'm not convinced that hybrids do that. They use slightly > less gas, but then we could build a petrol engine that does all of > that and more. Extrapolate out - no gas, all electric? That doesn't > work. Any MME could design a petrol engine that would kill a hybrid > in both emissions and MPG, but nobody wants to do it because it still > runs on gasoline! (Hydrogen is where all of the sexiness is) > > My concern is that hybrid technology is a red herring that fools > people into thinking something's happening when, in fact, it isn't. > > Put another way, if we're committed to getting rid of fossil fuels I > bet there are many better ways to do it. Someone needs to throw $10M > into a technology prize to look for innovations. They could maybe > also sponsor promising technologies for development. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155988 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
