Climate change solves obesity problem?

[TheMercenary]

I believe that is true about big trucks. There is no way that they will be as fuel efficient as a little car, but they could improve. And there is technology to make better engines that are more fuel efficient and until now there just has not been a reason to retool and re-engineer to make it happen. Smaller trucks with more torque to pull larger loads when they need to do so may be possible. Now it is to late. The big three will loose billions, I would not be surprised to see one or any of them closing doors for good if the price of gas does not go down. Maybe we can just get Congress to print more money so we all have some more to pay for gas. I am better prepared than most to absorb my personal costs and I may have ways to make changes in what we own and drive but most people do not have that ability and it is going to be painful. I understand that.

The cafe standards debate, lobbyist's have a huge influence on why things have not changed:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/
4217776.html

http://ezraklein.typepad.com/blog/20...x_vs_cafe.html

http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2006/05/11/cafe/

[Griff]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The big three will loose billions, I would not be surprised to see one or any of them closing doors for good if the price of gas does not go down.

Watching Washington "handle" the morgage crisis, I think we can safely assume that major businesses are no longer allowed to fail. Jim Walsh has an article in the current Liberty titled Privatize the Profit, Socialize the Loss. I think that's where we are now.

I'm thinking a home wind turbine and electric vehicle may be the way to go.

[lookout123]

i'm thinking the nutjob survivalists from the late '80's might have been right all along. i need to start thinking about my secret, self contained, fully armed sanctuary now.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Griff

Watching Washington "handle" the morgage crisis, I think we can safely assume that major businesses are no longer allowed to fail.

Yeah, they won't let them fade away, just shift major obligations. like pensions, to the taxpayers.