Great post. It got more reasoned as you went along. Ha...
One thing that should be said, I think it is very appropriate for our auto manufacturers to be implementing engines that operate efficiently, and cut gas consumption.
At highway speeds, it’s great that some of the newer engines take half the cylinders off-line.
If the engines still have the power when they need it, like you intimated, that’s great.
Whatever reduces our oil imports from the Middle-East is just fine with me, as long as it is reasoned like what you addressed.
“Whatever reduces our oil imports from the Middle-East is just fine with me...”
For starters, get rid of the Bummer and his green-weenies; build the Keystone pipeline NOW; build new refineries; and drill baby, drill! Oil reserves in this country exceed that in Saudi Arabia. And the known reserves are growing at a rapid rate. And our oil costs less...we don’t need tankers to trasport it.
Understand though, I am big on fuel efficiency, and on keeping the air clean. We can do both. And I also say, frack the gweenies!