Talk:Future of the car
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The opening paragraph and first bulleted list of this article describe the present state of the car. -Acjelen 03:15, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Historic Perspective
In the US cars have always been large and heavy, because gasoline has been fairly plentiful. To see what might happen when fuel becomes less plentiful, we can look at Europe and Japan, which have had industrial capacity at the same time as limited fuel. The result has been Messerschmitts, BMW Isettas 600s and 700s, Reliant 3 wheelers, Panhard Dynas, Citroen 2CVs, Subaru 360s and 500 cc Cooper racing cars, not total reliance on public transportation.
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This seems optimistic and speculative to me. Of course one must speculate about what will happen, but could, in my view, needs more solid justification.
My old Honda already has stratified charge ignition, and it took an extra "auxiliary" valve to do that. Adding valves after-market is not realistic.
Tankage is not available for hydrogen on existing cars. It seems that would have to be built in too, and it would take up a lot of space and probably also weight.
Coal is being increasingly used for electric power in China and India, so it would be much more productive, at this time, to use new energy sources to replace coal than go replace gasoline. Hydrogen production and distribution would waste some of the energy.
I think when petroleum runs short or a more progressive government taxes it more, people will leave their SUVs at home and drive smaller cars more of the time. Many people in the US often have a choice of which car to drive, so things would start to change almost immediately. (For example the son of my landlord has a Humvee and a Ferrari. The Ferrari may not get mileage like my Honda, but it would help a lot.)
Some of the links do not seem appropriate here either. David R. Ingham 23:22, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
I glanced at the listings, and it seems Ferrari's are worse than I expected. I think his is a six cylinder. David R. Ingham 23:46, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reveting edit
I hate to do this because I don't see any fundamental disagreement, but I think I should revert that last edit. It solicits stated agreement, which does not belong in an encyclopedia. In addition, it is based on very incomplete knowledge of important subjects. It appears to have been posted with good intensions. David R. Ingham 04:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "future" tag
Should the {{future}} template be used in this article? It may never go away due to the nature of this article. Shawnc 01:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
