With big oil in the pocket of our beloved Federal government, do not expect to see proactive measures to decrease oil consumption from the Sludge House. The wonderful thing about this country is our innovators will offer tangible solutions, and the only way we will move in the direction of alternative vehicles is when we are compelled to do so – vise a vi $5 per gallon of gasoline.
As long as we have options, we will be ok. Let’s save the oil for agriculture, medicine, emergency vehicles, construction, aviation, interstate trucking, and happy meal toys. Soon enough those industries can be weaned.
If you think about it, the combustion engine is over 100 years old. Isn’t it time for new technology? Do our trains run on coal? (Insert angry mob chant) HELL NO! Are our plain's fuselages still made from cloth? HELL NO!! Then let's make the combustion engine obsolete! Come on!! Whose with me?!?! Let's go streaking!!!
Ok that was fun, but on a more serious note:
Monrovia-based Energy CS has converted two Priuses to get up to 230 mpg by using powerful lithium ion batteries. It is forming a new company, EDrive Systems, that will convert hybrids to plug-ins for about $12,000 starting next year, company vice president Greg Hanssen said. Save some money shorty! You can get some serious mileage off your ride!
This technology will be available much quicker than President’s Bush’s desire to push Hydrogen vehicles. According to the article below, "They'd rather work on something that won't be in their lifetime, and that's this hydrogen economy stuff," University of California, Davis, engineering professor Andy Frank said. "They pick this kind of target to get the public off their back, essentially."
In fact it looks like modified hybrid technology is available now.
Check out this CNN article about what some tinkerers are doing to their hybrids.
http://us.cnn.com/2005/TECH/08/15/hybrid.tinkerers.ap/index.html
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