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To: steve harris who wrote (219065)	2/13/2005 11:53:29 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574809

Patented snake oil.

To: steve harris who wrote (219065)	2/13/2005 12:08:07 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574809

I see. Well, let's talk about technology that is here today then. Honda just added an option to their V-6 Accord to have a parallel hybrid engine. It adds about 8 mpg and also adds extra power to the engine, so that it actually performs better and faster. The option costs about $3K. So if the average driver puts 10K miles on their car per year, we're talking a savings of 130 gallons of gas per year. At the current price of roughly $2 per gallon, that's a savings of $260 per year. It will take 11.5 years to even the cost out between the Honda with a hybrid vs the one without. This technology is in its infancy. So we can expect the cost savings and the mpg differential to go up quite a bit over the next decade. Then the economics will seem alot more compelling to the average consumer.

To: steve harris who wrote (219065)	2/21/2005 7:14:31 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574809

I'm not an automotive engineer either but I know enough to say its mostly a hoax. There are ways to use gasoline more efficantly in cars but I imagine advanced EFI solutions are probably more effcient than just about any carb design could be. The idea that you would just drop in a new carb and all the sudden have ordinary cars get 200mpg is not only "mostly a hoax", but is all the way a hoax". The idea that cars could get 100 or even 200mpg is in a sense true but there would be a lot of trade offs. The cars would be small, slow, and most likely less safe. , and you would have to have a driving patern of going only something like 40 to 55mph max with changes in speed or direction being rare and gradual. Tim