Time to be patriotic....
You really want to be patriotic?
Stop buying gas hogs that rely on mega-gallons of foreign oil sourced gasoline.
Use something economical. If everyone bought a vehicle that used 25% less fuel, that would reduce foreign oil dependence by millions of barrels. And that means less Americans dying to protect stability in those foreign lands.
Now I know that most people don't want an economy car for many reasons. They are usually wimpy little under-powered, sewing machines on wheels. They don't have the power and grunt that we demand here. Or they are some ridiculous pipe dream of expensive, toxic battery laden nonsense like the Prius or Escape hybrids. Hybrids cost more, contain hundreds of lbs. of batteries that will eventually end up poisoning a landfill, and they don't attain anywhere near their claimed MPG ratings. The Prius has shown how immature and questionable this technology is for mainstream use.
E85 on the other hand is a complete waste of tax dollars and is a pork barrel for Midwest farm states.
E85 costs more, and vehicle get terrible MPG while running on it. The only positive aspect of E85 is that it reduces use of foreign oil. But it's basically patriotic charity. No benefit to the consumer.
All those farms getting paid to turn corn into E85 would be better used to grow soy or rapeseed to turn into bio-diesel.
Diesel is the real answer for North America. Diesels aren't the old, noisy, slow, smoke belchers of the 70's. They are powerful, reliable, and very economical.
If you are sitting there thinking I'm wrong, then you need to head to a Mercedes dealer and ask to drive a new E320 CDI. This thing will knock your socks off. It has a quiet, easy starting, powerful diesel that has a ton of torque, which is what we really want more than horsepower. It's what grunts you away from the light, and pulls your trailer etc.
On top of being quick, this full sized sedan (think Lincoln or Cadillac) gets 27 MPG city and 37 MPG highway! And it will spank any hybrid or E85 vehicle in a drag race.
Get with the program, ask for diesels from your dealer. American car companies are in a bad way right now, they'll listen if we all ask for high tech, powerful, reliable, economic diesel vehicles.
Oh, and the new generation of diesels are cleaner than gasoline engines, so you tree-huggers can love them too.
Detroit Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz launches clean diesels for the U.S. - Autoblog
Stop buying gas hogs that rely on mega-gallons of foreign oil sourced gasoline.
Use something economical. If everyone bought a vehicle that used 25% less fuel, that would reduce foreign oil dependence by millions of barrels. And that means less Americans dying to protect stability in those foreign lands.
Now I know that most people don't want an economy car for many reasons. They are usually wimpy little under-powered, sewing machines on wheels. They don't have the power and grunt that we demand here. Or they are some ridiculous pipe dream of expensive, toxic battery laden nonsense like the Prius or Escape hybrids. Hybrids cost more, contain hundreds of lbs. of batteries that will eventually end up poisoning a landfill, and they don't attain anywhere near their claimed MPG ratings. The Prius has shown how immature and questionable this technology is for mainstream use.
E85 on the other hand is a complete waste of tax dollars and is a pork barrel for Midwest farm states.
E85 costs more, and vehicle get terrible MPG while running on it. The only positive aspect of E85 is that it reduces use of foreign oil. But it's basically patriotic charity. No benefit to the consumer.
All those farms getting paid to turn corn into E85 would be better used to grow soy or rapeseed to turn into bio-diesel.
Diesel is the real answer for North America. Diesels aren't the old, noisy, slow, smoke belchers of the 70's. They are powerful, reliable, and very economical.
If you are sitting there thinking I'm wrong, then you need to head to a Mercedes dealer and ask to drive a new E320 CDI. This thing will knock your socks off. It has a quiet, easy starting, powerful diesel that has a ton of torque, which is what we really want more than horsepower. It's what grunts you away from the light, and pulls your trailer etc.
On top of being quick, this full sized sedan (think Lincoln or Cadillac) gets 27 MPG city and 37 MPG highway! And it will spank any hybrid or E85 vehicle in a drag race.
Get with the program, ask for diesels from your dealer. American car companies are in a bad way right now, they'll listen if we all ask for high tech, powerful, reliable, economic diesel vehicles.
Oh, and the new generation of diesels are cleaner than gasoline engines, so you tree-huggers can love them too.
Detroit Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz launches clean diesels for the U.S. - Autoblog
posted by Tachyon at 11:25
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