Agree with Chris on this one. Its the Detroit Mullahs conspiring with a complaisant Washington which, in effect, allowed for the avoidance of CAFE standards on fleet fuel efficiency.
Margins are higher on SUVs. Way higher than on the Detroit compacts. arthur -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:32 PM To: futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Re: [Futurework] some really big questions > "A special, free news feature in Science explores 125 big questions that > face scientific inquiry over the next quarter-century," including [..] > What Can Replace Cheap Oil -- and When? That's a political question rather than a scientific one. Since practical 120-250 mpg cars (and even a 12,000 mpg prototype) have been developed (ironically in this country without an own car industry -- coincidence?), the hurdle is not scientific feasibility but the political influence of the incredibly powerful U$ / ¤U car industry that prefers to sell 12-20 mpg rolling fortresses because they (and their buddies in the oil industry) can make much higher profits that way. The Detroit Mullahs are even more problematic than the others... Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
