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The Green Car of Today
The green car of today is the turbo-diesel. Now the current turbo-
diesels don't rattle and don't puff smoke. They don't have a large amount of horsepower but they do have a large amount of torque and that really better suits the way that we drive. And so politicians and upper-economic-class-persons can show that they are serious about concerns of global warming by buying the 2011 Mercedes-Benz E-350 BlueTEC tubo-diesel. Now this car is efficient for one reason of being a sedan rather than an SUV because an SUV is just pushing air. Then the car is efficient for the second reason of being a turbo-diesel and getting a fuel mileage of 22/33 MPG. The weight of the car is surprising at 234 pounds more than a standard E-350. Another turbo-diesel is the 2011 VW Jetta TDI. And here the fuel mileage is 30/42 MPG. Not convinced ? Well, peak torque of these tubo-diesel cars occurs at about 2500 RPM and that's an easy car to drive. |
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On 11/28/2010 03:25 PM, PolicySpy wrote:
> The green car of today is the turbo-diesel. Now the current turbo- > diesels don't rattle and don't puff smoke. They don't have a large > amount of horsepower but they do have a large amount of torque and > that really better suits the way that we drive. > > And so politicians and upper-economic-class-persons can show that they > are serious about concerns of global warming by buying the 2011 > Mercedes-Benz E-350 BlueTEC tubo-diesel. Now this car is efficient for > one reason of being a sedan rather than an SUV because an SUV is just > pushing air. Then the car is efficient for the second reason of being > a turbo-diesel and getting a fuel mileage of 22/33 MPG. The weight of > the car is surprising at 234 pounds more than a standard E-350. > > Another turbo-diesel is the 2011 VW Jetta TDI. And here the fuel > mileage is 30/42 MPG. > > Not convinced ? Well, peak torque of these tubo-diesel cars occurs at > about 2500 RPM and that's an easy car to drive. there's every technical reason to endorse diesel, but a significant eco-political barrier that will ensure widespread adoption never happens - usa total average fuel sales would drop. our friends in the oil industry, and the political lap-dogs that pander to them, will never allow the average american to start driving a vehicle that gets mpg's in the high 30's, let alone 40's, because sales volumes would drop - maybe as much as 50%. [currently, passenger cars across the usa average in the low 20's mpg.] every trick in the book will therefore be used to ensure diesels, and their significantly better fuel economy, remain marginalized. these tricks include raising "emissions" barriers to impossible levels and bull****ting about "oh, we can't make that proportion of diesel out of a barrel of oil", which in the age of modern catalytic refineries, is categorically untrue. bottom line, yes, modern diesels are awesome. but they ain't gonna happen. -- nomina rutrum rutrum |
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On Nov 28, 5:25*pm, PolicySpy > wrote:
> The green car of today is the turbo-diesel. Now the current turbo- > diesels don't rattle and don't puff smoke. They don't have a large > amount of horsepower but they do have a large amount of torque and > that really better suits the way that we drive. > > And so politicians and upper-economic-class-persons can show that they > are serious about concerns of global warming by buying the 2011 > Mercedes-Benz E-350 BlueTEC tubo-diesel. Now this car is efficient for > one reason of being a sedan rather than an SUV because an SUV is just > pushing air. Then the car is efficient for the second reason of being > a turbo-diesel and getting a fuel mileage of 22/33 MPG. The weight of > the car is surprising at 234 pounds more than a standard E-350. > > Another turbo-diesel is the 2011 VW Jetta TDI. And here the fuel > mileage is 30/42 MPG. > > Not convinced ? Well, peak torque of these tubo-diesel cars occurs at > about 2500 RPM and that's an easy car to drive. Torque?? Are you gonna use it to pull a plow?? |
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The Green Car of Today
Average MPG of Ford Model T cars was about 25 MPG.
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The Green Car of Today
http://www.wanttoknow.info/050711carmileageaveragempg
Blame it on the politicians. wearethegovtandweareheretohelpyou. cuhulin |
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The Green Car of Today
Listening to a local radio talk show.The talk show host guy said there
isn't enough electricity in the grid to keep those electric cars charged up, most of that electricity has to come from fossil fuels.There is more natural gas in the ground than we will ever use.Fed govt wants everybody to buy efficent home appliances, but they want you to buy electric cars. I believe the talk show host is right. cuhulin |
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The Green Car of Today
On 2010-11-29, > wrote:
> Average MPG of Ford Model T cars was about 25 MPG. Maybe we need cars that use radio fuel, after all if something isn't done we might run out of oil by 1940 or so: http://www.oldcarmanualproject.com/s...ar1936_0001.jp g -- Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled due to spam.) "0bama snoozed while oil oozed." |
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