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Hybrids as City Runabouts, Natural Gas Fueled Cars for the Country
Science Daily ^ | Sep 19, 2010 | SD

Posted on 09/25/2010 4:23:10 AM PDT by Cronos

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1 posted on 09/25/2010 4:23:17 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

I hope lots of folks drive these ....to save gasoline so that my 4X4 and my 60’s and 70s muscle cars have plenty.....


2 posted on 09/25/2010 4:28:29 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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I went from a 740il BMW to a Prius about 18 months ago. I loved the BMW and I love the Prius. The technology in both of them is fascinating...but 57 miles per gallon and plenty of comfort wins out for me. One neighbor calls it the ninja car because it sneaks up on him and the other calls it my smugmobile!

The Prius also helps me pay for the gasoline for my wife’s Buick SUV (which will likely be replaced with a Prius next year) and my V8 F150 pick-up!


3 posted on 09/25/2010 4:39:29 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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How many miles per year do you drive the smugmobile?


4 posted on 09/25/2010 4:58:50 AM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
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To: Cronos

Will these natural gas cars become mini bombs?


5 posted on 09/25/2010 5:00:25 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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produce significantly less carbon dioxide Every IDIOT who thinks that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant should be immediately jailed and fined for spewing it into the atmosphere upon every breath.
6 posted on 09/25/2010 5:01:34 AM PDT by MrDem (Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
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About 15,000


7 posted on 09/25/2010 5:06:03 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Cronos
No matter what they use for fuel, individual vehicles create traffic congestion and gridlock in urban environments.
Cities are much better off providing emission-free, electrically powered mass transit systems such as trolleys/streetcars/subways/monorails. etc. etc.
8 posted on 09/25/2010 5:33:49 AM PDT by Willie Green (Some people march to a different drummer ~ and some people polka.)
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Actually, it is urban environments that cause gridlock. Too many people in too small an area. The country would be much better off if cities were removed and broken down into smaller, manageable towns with a population density of less than 100 people per square mile.


9 posted on 09/25/2010 5:43:40 AM PDT by meyer (Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
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so you like mass transit

enjoy your cattle car....

are you sure you are not mistaking this website for DU or daily Kos???

10 posted on 09/25/2010 5:46:35 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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The country would be much better off if cities were removed and broken down into smaller, manageable towns with a population density of less than 100 people per square mile

let the slimes fill the cities...

keep them out of the clean country....

believe me you do NOT want to manage me or my kind....

I do believe I wandered into a dhimmicrat website somehow.

11 posted on 09/25/2010 5:49:42 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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This is an obvious solution to ending the dependence on foreign oil. Plus, you’d never see gasoline process peaking on Memorial Day and Labor Day again.

We have so much natural gas in this country, we’re exporting it via LNG ships. The best solution would be multi-fuel vehicles that would run on either natural gas or gasoline. Currently drilling Marcellus Shale wells is creating a monster over supply of natural gas.

It would be nice to dump the oil price to a level that slowly starved Iran.


12 posted on 09/25/2010 6:03:27 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Vaquero

Since when are conservatives prohibited from supporting energy efficient technologies???


13 posted on 09/25/2010 6:08:46 AM PDT by Willie Green (Some people march to a different drummer ~ and some people polka.)
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I do believe I wandered into a dhimmicrat website somehow.

I do believe that you completely missed the point.

14 posted on 09/25/2010 6:30:27 AM PDT by meyer (Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
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Since when are conservatives prohibited from supporting energy efficient technologies???

People can support anything they want - WITH THIER OWN FREAKIN' MONEY!!

15 posted on 09/25/2010 6:32:50 AM PDT by meyer (Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
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To: meyer
That's a nice theory for solitary hermits and whacknuts living out in the wilderness somewhere.
People living in less desolate regions of our planet must adapt to more pragmatic approaches to socio-economic organization.
16 posted on 09/25/2010 6:44:09 AM PDT by Willie Green (Some people march to a different drummer ~ and some people polka.)
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To: Cronos
no thankx... i couldn't care less about my carbon footprint!!!

when i step on the gas, i expect things to happen NOW, not later

i'll pay for the gas, there's no substitute for cubic inches...

17 posted on 09/25/2010 6:44:18 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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That's a nice theory for solitary hermits and whacknuts living out in the wilderness somewhere. People living in less desolate regions of our planet must adapt to more pragmatic approaches to socio-economic organization.

Translation: I want YOUR money, slave!

18 posted on 09/25/2010 6:46:34 AM PDT by meyer (Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
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To: Marty62
Will these natural gas cars become mini bombs?

Seriously, a good question. Because if they don't we would be set. The US has mid blowing reserves of natural gas. And it is easy to make more gas out of coal, sewage or animal waste. So if you can run a muscle car on Methane there would be no reason to buy oil from Osama and Co or drive an electric roller skate.
19 posted on 09/25/2010 6:57:01 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: Willie Green
Why don't you leave us whacknuts alone and move back where you came from so you can ride the choo choo every where you go. I am sure local freepers would help you pack.

Didn't I read that Houston metro doesn't have the money for the Richmond Ave trolley? Too bad, aw, I'll bet you are sobbing.

20 posted on 09/25/2010 6:57:05 AM PDT by Ditter
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