alt.energy.renewable

On Mar 27, 10:36=A0pm, "Rob Dekker" wrote:
> Here is an idea :
> US cars use mostly automatic transmissions.
> Automatic transmissions increase fuel usage by about an average 10% (some =
claim even more than that).
> About half of oil consumption goes to gasoline for these vehicles (?)
> So, let's all switch to a stick-shift, and we save about 1 million barrels=
of oil per day (5% of US consumption).
> Maybe even more..
>
> Rob

44 mpg in the US

Until someone can exlpain how FORD and GM/Opel/Vauxhall ARE BEATING
even the best ASIAN FUEL ECONOMY AVAILABLE IN THE US and MANY of the
Asian offerings in EUROPE ... with THEIR (FORD and GM/Opel/Vauxhall)
European OFFERINGS ... I can not accept your premise that "liberals",
"environmentalists", Democrats, Republicans, or ANYONE ELSE is DOING
IT TO the "domestic" Det3!

Specifically, Ford/GM/Vauxhall together have 27 vehicles rated between
60 and 70 mpg(Imperial) [50 to about 59 mpg(US)] combined cycle.
Meanwhile Toyota has 5, Hyundai and Suzuki each have 3, with Honda,
Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, and Nissan each having 1 ... for a total of
16!

I think this adequately demonstrates what I am trying to say!
http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/fuelConSearch.asp

Sorry about the lack of Det3 management maturity, wisdom, ingenuity,
and judgement.

*** 44 mpg (in the US) by 2010 ***