Posted on 01/16/2008 12:35:46 AM PST by Brian S. Fitzgerald
only 2 i-6’s I like
any BMW and the Cummins B series.
I’d be happy with that.
He’s just trying to keep the current high prices in place long enough to get support for rebuilding his company with expected grant money.
He’s caused damage by opining that we’ve reached peak oil, which, if I’m not mistaken, just says we’ve reached maximum production? Fill me in how he’s causing damage and to whom with his opinion.
Have we ever transferred to a different mode of transportation because of the reasons we are finding for the combustion engine? I don’t think we were running out of horses when the combustion engine came along. I don’t think we were running out of steam driven locomotives. This is the first time I can remember where resource scarcity and not technology is forcing a change in the mode of transportation. This means we might be asked to “settle” in order to make the transition, ie accept a lighter, less safe, more maintenance intensive battery powered vehicle.
I guess after a generation or two, people will forget. But first the pout. And what are we going to do with 15 billion jilions pounds of heavy battery metals?
I heard the gas station of the future will involve swapping out battery trays for fresh ones. A swap rental system like we use for rhino grill gas.
We would point out that the track record of persons in his position correctly innovating ahead of the market is lousy. We predict GE under his leadership will continue to lose ground to companies begun in Asia. It is a disturbing bellwether for an overall loss of leadership for the country.
Don’t you remember? Necessity is the mother of invention.
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