Cars
CNN says, "Ethanol ' the answer,' auto execs tell Bush" Really? Not so much. Tom Lasorda is the CEO of the Chrysler Group. LaSorda said, "We think this is the answer for America to lower our dependence on foreign oil."
We think this is the answer to lower our dependence. Two key words. I think many things, and I know fewer. And the lowering of something, the diminishing and decreasing, is not the same as the vanishing of the dependence.
Rick Wagoner is the Chairman and CEO of General Motors. He says, "This makes a big difference. There's nothing that can be done that can reduce the curb of growth of imported oil, and actually turn it down, like using E85."
Difference, reduce, turn it down. Them are key words, aren't they now. Mm-hmm, indeed. Kind of like turning down the volume on a stereo, you can make a big difference by reducing the volume when you turn down the knob. But until it is turned off then you still have sound.
CNN reported, 'Automakers said they could make half of their cars and trucks capable of running on alternative fuels by 2012 if there is enough availability and distribution of E85, an ethanol blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.'
Key words? Capable, if, alternative, enough availability. The United States of America has about 170,000 fuel-filling stations now. 1100 offer E85.
I don't portend to have the solution, but one such contributing factor to creating solutions is motivation. Personally, I'd be lacking motivation to buy an E85 vehicle (for its Ethanol-running qualities) when there are few stations that can meet its need. Those stations are unmotivated considering the fact that people don't want to buy the cars that need the stations. It's a two-directional circle. And manufacturers are, meanwhile, lacking serious motivation - or legislation - to produce the cars that stations can't fill and people don't need to buy.
Somebody will have to get down to business about this business.
- Japanese Gas Stations Begin To Offer Ev Charging Services
With internal combustion-engined cars, whether they use gasoline or diesel, things are pretty simple: when you're low on fuel, you just drive up to a gas station and voila; fill up your car and continue your trip. Electric vehicles are a different...
- Gm’s Bob Lutz Talks About American & European Consumers, Sales And More
General Motor’s Vice Chairman of global product development Bob Lutz, was quite talkative at the Automotive News World Congress on Wednesday evening (Jan. 23, 2008). When Lutz took the stand he decided to share his thoughts on five specific topics...
- Heico Sportiv To Participate In The 24h Nurburgring Race With Bio-ethanol Powered Volvo S40
Alternative-fuel powered vehicles are showing up everywhere these days so it doesn’t strike us as a surprise that Volvo specialist, Heico Sportiv announced that it’ll participate in this year’s 24h Nurbugring Race (9-10 June...
- Ethanol's Story By Numbers
Politicians and many businessmen are pushing renewable fuels like they've never pushed before. Typical gasoline-powered internal combustion engines can be converted to run on ethanol, more appropriately labeled as E85. The concept is novel - grow...
- Classifying The Quotes Of The Bigshots
People talk. People talk everyday. Even important people talk everyday. I took a look at the spoken words of three important individuals; words spoken in just the last couple of days. They show the diversity of each human, but also the disparate 'lives'...
Cars
ETHANOL
CNN says, "Ethanol ' the answer,' auto execs tell Bush" Really? Not so much. Tom Lasorda is the CEO of the Chrysler Group. LaSorda said, "We think this is the answer for America to lower our dependence on foreign oil."
We think this is the answer to lower our dependence. Two key words. I think many things, and I know fewer. And the lowering of something, the diminishing and decreasing, is not the same as the vanishing of the dependence.
Rick Wagoner is the Chairman and CEO of General Motors. He says, "This makes a big difference. There's nothing that can be done that can reduce the curb of growth of imported oil, and actually turn it down, like using E85."
Difference, reduce, turn it down. Them are key words, aren't they now. Mm-hmm, indeed. Kind of like turning down the volume on a stereo, you can make a big difference by reducing the volume when you turn down the knob. But until it is turned off then you still have sound.
CNN reported, 'Automakers said they could make half of their cars and trucks capable of running on alternative fuels by 2012 if there is enough availability and distribution of E85, an ethanol blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.'
Key words? Capable, if, alternative, enough availability. The United States of America has about 170,000 fuel-filling stations now. 1100 offer E85.
I don't portend to have the solution, but one such contributing factor to creating solutions is motivation. Personally, I'd be lacking motivation to buy an E85 vehicle (for its Ethanol-running qualities) when there are few stations that can meet its need. Those stations are unmotivated considering the fact that people don't want to buy the cars that need the stations. It's a two-directional circle. And manufacturers are, meanwhile, lacking serious motivation - or legislation - to produce the cars that stations can't fill and people don't need to buy.
Somebody will have to get down to business about this business.
- Japanese Gas Stations Begin To Offer Ev Charging Services
With internal combustion-engined cars, whether they use gasoline or diesel, things are pretty simple: when you're low on fuel, you just drive up to a gas station and voila; fill up your car and continue your trip. Electric vehicles are a different...
- Gm’s Bob Lutz Talks About American & European Consumers, Sales And More
General Motor’s Vice Chairman of global product development Bob Lutz, was quite talkative at the Automotive News World Congress on Wednesday evening (Jan. 23, 2008). When Lutz took the stand he decided to share his thoughts on five specific topics...
- Heico Sportiv To Participate In The 24h Nurburgring Race With Bio-ethanol Powered Volvo S40
Alternative-fuel powered vehicles are showing up everywhere these days so it doesn’t strike us as a surprise that Volvo specialist, Heico Sportiv announced that it’ll participate in this year’s 24h Nurbugring Race (9-10 June...
- Ethanol's Story By Numbers
Politicians and many businessmen are pushing renewable fuels like they've never pushed before. Typical gasoline-powered internal combustion engines can be converted to run on ethanol, more appropriately labeled as E85. The concept is novel - grow...
- Classifying The Quotes Of The Bigshots
People talk. People talk everyday. Even important people talk everyday. I took a look at the spoken words of three important individuals; words spoken in just the last couple of days. They show the diversity of each human, but also the disparate 'lives'...