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Friday, June 30, 2006
11:41:00 AM EDT
Hearing Boulevard of Broken Songs -- Dean Gray
California congressional representative Dan Lundgren has an idea that he details in today's LA Times:
WHAT WOULD happen if the United States were to offer a $1-billion prize for the first American automaker to sell 60,000 midsized sedans that could travel 100 miles on one gallon of gasoline? It wouldn't be a panacea for our energy problems, but it would stimulate the development of viable technologies to reduce oil consumption while we develop alternatives to petroleum...
Last month I introduced the New Options Petroleum Energy Conservation Act in Congress to establish a prize for a 100-mile-per-gallon car. To win, a vehicle would have to prove itself commercially viable and meet all federal safety standards.
Some may argue that the prize shouldn't be offered for a car, however efficient, that runs on gasoline because the national goal should be to end our oil dependence. But it is foolhardy to insist on making the perfect the enemy of the good. Alternative fuels and new concept cars present exciting possibilities, but they probably won't be developed quickly enough to end our petroleum dependence soon.
Personally, I'd want to know more about the details of Lundgren's proposal, but in theory I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to the idea; people are motivated by prizes, especially ones that have money involved (and that much money, especially). And given that the average MPG for today's cars is about of a quarter of Lundgren MPH goal, it's a goal worth pursuing, however we do it.
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11:41:00 AM EDT
Hearing Boulevard of Broken Songs -- Dean Gray
1,000,000,000 for 100?
California congressional representative Dan Lundgren has an idea that he details in today's LA Times:
WHAT WOULD happen if the United States were to offer a $1-billion prize for the first American automaker to sell 60,000 midsized sedans that could travel 100 miles on one gallon of gasoline? It wouldn't be a panacea for our energy problems, but it would stimulate the development of viable technologies to reduce oil consumption while we develop alternatives to petroleum...
Last month I introduced the New Options Petroleum Energy Conservation Act in Congress to establish a prize for a 100-mile-per-gallon car. To win, a vehicle would have to prove itself commercially viable and meet all federal safety standards.
Some may argue that the prize shouldn't be offered for a car, however efficient, that runs on gasoline because the national goal should be to end our oil dependence. But it is foolhardy to insist on making the perfect the enemy of the good. Alternative fuels and new concept cars present exciting possibilities, but they probably won't be developed quickly enough to end our petroleum dependence soon.
Personally, I'd want to know more about the details of Lundgren's proposal, but in theory I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to the idea; people are motivated by prizes, especially ones that have money involved (and that much money, especially). And given that the average MPG for today's cars is about of a quarter of Lundgren MPH goal, it's a goal worth pursuing, however we do it.
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I would say it is entirely possible after all my motorcycle gets 50 mpg and it is not a small engine. It is a 1200. The real challenage will be making them affordable. But then again, I don't find any new car affordable right now.
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Besides... at $3 a f****g gallon, Exxon can afford to pay ALL the automakers 2 billion to keep cars just like they are.
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If the right people were handling the Iraq War, gas would be $.89, and you'd be like "I wish they made something bigger than the SUV."
Bush and his friends are effing us, and they didn't even take us to a nice dinner first. -
I'm sure there's a conspiracy theory already in the works about how this car was already built and the inventor "disappeared". I'm kidding. It's not only a great idea, it just may be unique enough to get people's attention.
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