Re: [FWP] RFC: Cars should get better gas mileage

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

Peter Scott <Peter@psdt.com> writes:

> At 06:37 PM 8/29/00 -0400, Mark-Jason Dominus wrote:
> 
> >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.
> 
> Well, of course.  After all, we have an existing implementation (mopeds) 
> which achieves nearly this fuel efficiency already, and with half the 
> number of wheels to boot!  If cars were to integrate some of the recent 
> advances in ion propulsion, ultralight hang gliders, roll-on roll-off ferry 
> design and hot air ballooning then it would be easy to go the rest of the way.

These suggestions are patently ridiculous, from people who know
nothings about why things are the way they are, and have evidently
never read the "small squished rodent" book.  There is a reason we
have internal-combustion engine cars in addition to mopeds, unicycles,
railguns, warp drives, ultralight hang gliders, hot air balloons and
roro ferries.

If you want mopeds, unicycles, railguns, warp drives, ultralight hang
gliders, hot air balloons and roro ferries, you already know where to
get them.

I can't say we'll miss you.

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