I've heard a lot of arguments for diesel/biodiesel and they are compelling, for some areas like Europe. Lets face it, the diesel engine is just not that widely accepted here in the states. Not to mention the outrageous CAFÉ standards that make it near impossible to even sell diesel vehicles in some states (ahem... California).
The really "greenies" abhor the burning of anything for fuel and would rather see electric cars being charged by solar, wind or hydro generated electricity. Personally, my preference would be to have a fully electric "commuter" vehicle that I drive to work everyday and a hybrid that can make the longer trips. I personally do not care whether it runs on gas, diesel, pot, reconstituted turds or dilithim crystals... Just as long as it's cheap. ;-) -- Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 11:36 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Jeff Garza's Prius 2 months later > Jeff wrote: > What I think will likely happen here are fully electric cars with a > small'ish engine that only runs to charge the battery. With diesel you can move the entire industry to biofuels; the vehicles don't require caustic batteries or electric engines to design and manufacture and the technology has been around and perfected for 100 years. That's what I just don't get about electric cars. We don't need to design whole new engine and battery technologies to move a car. Why waste the energy? We know how to move the car. The problem isn't engine technology, it's the fuel. Fix the fuel and don't need electric. So why not just use the technology distribution systems we already have? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255974 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
