My comments were aimed at "electric vehicles". Liquid fuel combustion
engines are an entirely different matter. Bio Diesel is a viable alternative
for industrial (farm) use, but to date few manufacturers are producing farm
equipment with that capability. In any case, even diesel engines produce CO2
emissions that will send a Global Warming lover into manic contortions. The
emission problem is the difference between your Hybrids and your Honda.
Cheers!!
Jim
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 11:02 PM, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you are a little off.
> Diesel electric locomotives move huge amounts of stuff daily.
> Electric forklifts do work daily. The technology is here now for
> electric vehicles to do real work.
> All we really need is a little advancement in batteries.
>
> Right now I'm leaning toward Diesel. For some stupid reason people in
> other countries have choices of Diesel vehicles that we don't get
> here.
> Call me a conspiracy theorist but I find it criminal that our
> government mandates things like ethanol and at the same time makes
> auto makers produce more fuel efficient vehicles. With Diesel
> vehicles getting 40-50 MPG regularly I don't see why people are so
> taken with current Hybrid offerings. In contrast with 1988 Honda
> CRX-HFs getting 50+ on gasoline with carburetors I find modern Hybrids
> to be lame.
>
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Cheers!!
Jim Johnson
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