alt.energy.renewable

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
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>
My 200cc motorcycle gets 100 miles per gallon. Why can't I get a cab for
it and turn it into a motorcycle car? I'm sure they could build it with
3 or 4 wheels with 2 seats, heater and windshield wipers and get the
same millage. It will go 60mph easy.
Why is the Smartcar for the US such a gas pig for it's size? 40mpg? are
they kidding? That's the best they can do?
Another thing, my Jetta TDI gets 50 to 53mpg, better than the Toyota
Prius. Better than Smartcar What the fuck is going on? Why are TDIs
banned in the SU?
The GMC Denali is a fucking joke hybrid. Wow, 20mpg; are you kidding.
That is a big overgrown American piece of shit. All that fucking
engineering and only a 4 mpg gain from the gas version. It's a fucking joke!

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