[quote=bonfire]Wow! Look at this! Shiny! And it gets 232 MPG. I might wait to get one until after all the Hummers and suv’s are scrapped, but it is pretty.
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/laugh-at-high-g.html%5B/quote%5D
From reading the headline, you’d think they came up with some revolutionary invention. They just take what we know about getter better MPG and take it to the next step. We all know lighter cars will need less power to move it. We also know aerodynamic will make a big difference in how much power is needed to keep the car moving. They lighten the car by using exotica materials (which we have now, but they are very expensive), they reduce to coefficient of drag, and created a 1 cylinder engine making 8.5HP. The car weigh a total of 600 lb. If you stick a 300 lb guy and 300 woman in there, you basically double the weight of the car. I’m not sure if the 8HP engine can push a 1200lb vehicle and still get the same MPG.
I don’t think you can talk much sense into TheBreeze. He’s in his own little bubble and thinks that nothing can affect him. Maybe he’s one of the ultra-rich which would make him insulated, but I doubt it. I just sit back and laugh at his suggestion that a parabolic rise in oil is somehow a good thing.
