[FWP] RFC: Cars should get better gas mileage

[Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@plover.com>]

=head1 TITLE

Cars should get better gas mileage

=head1 VERSION


  Maintainer: Marb Groddinus <mjd@perl.com>
  Date: 28 Aug 2000
  Version: 1
  Mailing List: perl6-auto
  Number: 163

=head1 ABSTRACT

Fuel is a precious and non-replaceable resource. Millions of gallons
of petroleum are consumed annually by automobiles.  If the automobiles
were more fuel-efficient, then oil could be saved for use by future
generations.  Such cars would also be less expensive to operate
because fuel costs could be saved.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Fuel efficiency is usually measured in miles per gallon.  This
measures the number of miles that can be driven in the vehicle for
each gallon of fuel consumed.  For example, a car which has a fuel
efficiency of 20 miles per gallon (mi/gal) can be driven twenty miles
for each gallon of fuel consumed.  A car which has a fuel efficiency
of 30 mi/gal can be driven 50% farther for the same cost, a clear
improvement.

I propose that all cars, trucks, and other automobiles should get two
hundred miles per gallon.  Existing cars get at most 40 miles per
gallon, so my proposal would result in an 80% gasoline savings over
the current situation.  Even in the best case, current motorcycles
only get operate with fuel efficincies of 70 mi/gal, so my proposal
would certainly cut fuel costs to at least 1/3 of their current levels.

=head1 IMPLEMENTATION

I confess that I'm not an expert in how cars work.  Nevertheless, I'll
go out on a limb and assert that this will be relatively easy to
implement, with relatively few entangling side-issues.

=head1 REFERENCES

  RFC 87: "Flying Cars"
  RFC 101: "Cars should run on water instead of gasoline"
  RFC 122: "Flying Submarine Cars"



Mark-Jason Dominus 	  			                 mjd@plover.com
I am boycotting Amazon. See http://www.plover.com/~mjd/amazon.html for details.



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