PART I BY MJ
The Hybrid Power for engines has caught my minds eye. I am as fascinated by this new technology as I was by the 1968 Flight to the Moon. No doubt, it goes back to standing for what seemed like hours holding a screwdriver for my belated father as he tweaked the various pumps and connections of his Ford that had a running board to stand on and watch ----those were the days of bailing wire and patches and bubble gum to hold things together.
Recently, there have been discussions about hybrid power and the future of automobiles as it relates to reducing our need on oil on this board. Those who remember the 1970’s gasoline lines will remember that a car that got 20 miles per gallon was cherished. The innovation in this area was being done then by Saab, Peugeot, Fiat, Toyo Koyo, Mazda, and Toyota with America lagging in the process. At that time our family’s green Saab got 30 plus miles but gallon; however, it often sounded like a pop corn popper.
The Hybrid systems of now and the future in automobiles, trains, ships are replacing the mechanical systems of the past. In simple words, the automobiles that we know and have known are being controlled by electronics with the goal of making them more efficient in the utilization of fuel and decreasing pollution. As Huber and Mills point out, the combustion engine will last, but will be surrounded by semiconductors, motors and batteies that make things smaller, faster, cleaner and more efficient.
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