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To: bart13 who wrote (95368)	7/2/2008 5:45:34 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Gasoline internal combustion engines have been around for well over 100 years, and nothing has surpassed them yet, by a long shot. If something doesn't happen in the near future, James Kunstler will become the most widely read person on the planet for a while, (not including J.K. Rowling, who is prone to magical thinking).

To: bart13 who wrote (95368)	7/2/2008 6:05:40 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I've posted this story before but here goes again.... Jim Fueling was a client of mine right before he passed away of pancreatic cancer. Google him and you'll see his resume. Anyway, he retooled a standard V8 to much tighter tolerances(plus other stuff) which had the effect of reducing emissions down to almost zero, increasing efficiency to 60 mpg(he tested it in a Caddy as i recall) and decreasing engine wear so it could last 350k miles. Although he shopped it all over Detroit they just laughed. "Jim, why would we want a car that lasts for 350k miles?"