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Originally Posted by GunMaster357
Everything that needs electricity thus increasing gas consumption should be an option.
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Then you do not understand what the problem is.
Your car may have a 150 or 200 horsepower engine. Press the accelerator maybe half way to maintain 55 MPH. How many horsepower does it take to maintain 55? A number any layman should be able to speculate. I'll make it easy. What is one half of 150 or 200?
So how many horsepower are needed to maintain 55 MPH. Use high school physics as I did even 40+ years ago. I worst cased my numbers on a 1968 Oldsmobile. 8 Horsepower. Why then does a car generate so many more horsepower? Because gasoline at $7 or $10 per gallon (double and triple the current price) is so cheap. Wasting energy is better than innovating. But most only believe what we are told to believe (just like Saddam's WMDs). Many Americans no longer learn physics. And prefer to not ask damning questions (another lesson from Saddam’s WMDs).
Those power devices are not the problem. Energy is so cheap that we must burn up our grandkid’s gasoline. Just another example of the waste advocated by those who also said, "Reagan proved that deficits don't matter." Who also said, "Drill, baby drill." Who made cars so crappy as to need six or eight cylinders. Ran to government for protection because they would not innovate for 30 years. And then blamed the unions, tax structure, foreign competition, government, and everyone else for crappy cars devoid of innovation.
They cannot even make a car that only generates 8 horsepower when it only needs 8 horsepower? They could. But as soon as George Jr took office, they were told they no longer had to innovate. They could even trash their 1999 hybrids. Business school graduates hate innovation. Business school graduates love civilians who do not first learn facts. Do not believe in the free market – buy the best.
Why should they innovate? Did you know the 8 Hp number? Exactly. The greatest enemies of America fear you might obtain basic knowledge. Demand innovation. One of the world's greatest producers of gasoline - America - must also waste soldiers in other countries to burn twice that oil. So that you can generate 50+ Hp when something like 4 are required most of the time.