From: John Cuccia 

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 13:53:42 -0400, "Tony Ingenoso"
 wrote:

>And the left's ability to be continually seduced by dubious engineering
>notions that ignore the hard realities of materials science as it exists
>today.

I think those on the right are on the ethanol bandwagon too.  ADM
contributes to everybody.

>Friedman's ignorant rant is just a modern day rehash of the the same tired
>old "there's a vast conspiracy to suppress so-and-so's 100mpg
carburator"
>paranoia.

I didn't read Friedman's column, but I expect you are correct.

>The easiest answer, and trivial to implement, is just stop marketing gas hog
>monstrosities.

It is trivial.  All W has to do is include SUVs in manufacturers' CAFE
standards, and voila', problem solved.  Why do you think he refuses to
consider such an action?

> In reality, an ordinary passenger car doesn't require much
>more than 40-50hp to move it at current speed limits.  An 50 year old VW
>beetle with the old 36hp engine (and the aerodynamics of an outhouse) could
>cruise at 70mph and get 40mpg.

I loved the Beetle, and their box van and pickup counterparts, but their
air-cooled engines were only good for about 80k miles between overhauls
here in the Deep South.  Fortunately those engines were fairly for shade
tree mechanics to rebuild.

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