The Diminishing Returns of Fuel Efficiency

[longknife]

Damned if we do. Damned if we don't.

And, as cars use less fuel, politicians naturally want to raise taxes on that fuel. And, when we go to biomass fuels from corn or similar crops, that reduces the amount of food available for consumption – many of them staples or directly related to food prices.

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[jwoodie]

The truth of this article is that government intervention is an inefficient way to allocate resources.

The truth of California history is that the native Indians flocked to the Spanish missions for food and protection from other Indians.

 

[longknife]

The truth of this article is that government intervention is an inefficient way to allocate resources.

The truth of California history is that the native Indians flocked to the Spanish missions for food and protection from other Indians.

Good Lord! At last! Someone who truly understands California history. I'm awed.

 

[SSDD]

The most tragic consequence of increased fuel economy is the tens of thousands per year who die or suffer life altering injury due to the compromises in safety in the name of increased fuel economy...killing and maiming tens of thousands per year in the name of a few more miles per gallon is unconscionable....and typical for the left. They have no problem killing millions in the name of their green religion. In fact, the gods of the left are even more blood thirsty than the gods of the aztecs.

 

[itfitzme]

Damned if we do. Damned if we don't.

And, as cars use less fuel, politicians naturally want to raise taxes on that fuel. And, when we go to biomass fuels from corn or similar crops, that reduces the amount of food available for consumption – many of them staples or directly related to food prices.

Read more of this particular piece @ The Diminishing Returns of Fuel Efficiency | PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM

Uh..your statements have nothing to do witth tha article.

 

[itfitzme]

The truth of this article is that government intervention is an inefficient way to allocate resources.

The truth of California history is that the native Indians flocked to the Spanish missions for food and protection from other Indians.

Reading comprehension

 

[Crick]

The most tragic consequence of increased fuel economy is the tens of thousands per year who die or suffer life altering injury due to the compromises in safety in the name of increased fuel economy...killing and maiming tens of thousands per year in the name of a few more miles per gallon is unconscionable....and typical for the left. They have no problem killing millions in the name of their green religion. In fact, the gods of the left are even more blood thirsty than the gods of the aztecs.

In this regard, what increases passenger risk is a large range of sizes: having small cars on the road with large cars. Were the highways filled with nothing but small cars, something a dedicated application of CAFE standards would have accomplished, auto fatalities would be down.

In any case, technological innovations coming into place now will have an enormous impact on car safety. Smart cars that keep their drivers out of trouble will dramatically reduce fatalities and injuries, as will continued use of seat belts, air bags, crush zones, traction control and a dozen other technological innovations all from the minds of those evil, conspiratorial scientists.

 

[skookerasbil]

The most tragic consequence of increased fuel economy is the tens of thousands per year who die or suffer life altering injury due to the compromises in safety in the name of increased fuel economy...killing and maiming tens of thousands per year in the name of a few more miles per gallon is unconscionable....and typical for the left. They have no problem killing millions in the name of their green religion. In fact, the gods of the left are even more blood thirsty than the gods of the aztecs.

In this regard, what increases passenger risk is a large range of sizes: having small cars on the road with large cars. Were the highways filled with nothing but small cars, something a dedicated application of CAFE standards would have accomplished, auto fatalities would be down.

See what we are dealing with here ^^^ ???


If this asshole was in charge, WE WOULD ALL BE DRIVING SMARTFORTWO'S!!!!



Every day, you get a glimpse into how fucking beyond gone fringe the handful of climate crusader fascists are. Go read a book called "Ameritopia" by Mark Levin. He summarizes the works of the utopian philosophers, all of whom are romanticized by these climate change asshats. For these people, awesome is having 99% of society conform to serfdom living happily ever after under a ruling class......to them, that is the ultimate.......the most fair to all. All climate k00ks concur on this point. They also have a romantic relationship with government.......the vehicle to get us to utopia. Government is the instrument to level of the playing field.......drive the hordes to embracing serfdom.


These asshats think that they know whats best for you more than you!!! Watch closely.....they tip their hand all the time. These mofu's want the government in charge of EVERYTHING in your lives because to them, that is the most just society.



Happily........you will notice that there are scant few of these mental cases trolling around in here. Less than a handful.




LoSe

 

[SSDD]

the most tragic consequence of increased fuel economy is the tens of thousands per year who die or suffer life altering injury due to the compromises in safety in the name of increased fuel economy...killing and maiming tens of thousands per year in the name of a few more miles per gallon is unconscionable....and typical for the left. They have no problem killing millions in the name of their green religion. In fact, the gods of the left are even more blood thirsty than the gods of the aztecs.

in this regard, what increases passenger risk is a large range of sizes: Having small cars on the road with large cars. Were the highways filled with nothing but small cars, something a dedicated application of cafe standards would have accomplished, auto fatalities would be down.

In any case, technological innovations coming into place now will have an enormous impact on car safety. Smart cars that keep their drivers out of trouble will dramatically reduce fatalities and injuries, as will continued use of seat belts, air bags, crush zones, traction control and a dozen other technological innovations all from the minds of those evil, conspiratorial scientists.

cccccooooooouuuuuugggggggbullshitggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!

 

[mamooth]

Most people regard "I'm going to save myself by killing you" as a sick and immoral attitude. SSDD actually thinks he should be praised for holding that attitude.

No, not all libertarians are sociopaths. Just a big chunk of them.

 

[Kosh]

Most people regard "I'm going to save myself by killing you" as a sick and immoral attitude. SSDD actually thinks he should be praised for holding that attitude.

No, not all libertarians are sociopaths. Just a big chunk of them.

The ironic statements from the far left Obama drone that believes the AGW religious scriptures over actual science..

 

[SSDD]

Most people regard "I'm going to save myself by killing you" as a sick and immoral attitude. SSDD actually thinks he should be praised for holding that attitude.

No, not all libertarians are sociopaths. Just a big chunk of them.

If you die because you drive an unsafe econobox in an effort to feel good about your humorless, bitter, self righteous self, and show the world how much you care, then it's all on you...and your suggestion that it is in some form me because I don't care as much as you is typical of the humorless, bitter, self righteous left.

And the irony literally drips as the humorless, bitter, self righteous left has the blood of the entire third world dripping from their hands as a result of their tireless efforts to deny modern electrical grids and all of the benefits that come with them to those brown people in effect, killing them in their millions in some half wit effort to save yourself.

 

[Crick]

Do you actually want to try to compare the impacts of humanitarian liberalism to pro-capitalistic (particularly American capitalism) conservatives on the well-being of the typical third world human beings? Let's look at the exploitation of the natural resources in Africa, oil in the middle east, tourism in the Caribbean, agriculture in Asia and low wage manufacturing in China. How much did the AVERAGE resident in those locations benefit from the western rape of their inherticances? Then let's look at the Peace Corps, at building schools, providing teachers, cellular communications systems, low-to-zero interest loans to small businesses, to women and, yes, to building electrical grids. I'm quite certain you lose.

PS: You've made this charge before. Let's see the proof. Identify for us a third world electrification project stopped out of respect for western climate concerns.

 

[SSDD]

Humanitarian liberalism isn't...it leaves a wake of corpses wherever it goes. Hundreds of millions to date and counting.

 

[FireFly]

The OP is a bigger idiot than the idiot who wrote the article, and that is saying something.

 

[Crick]

The Europeans have a good idea. Rather than miles per gallon, we should be looking at gallons per mile - or liters per 100 km. Turning things about like that makes obvious that the largest gains are not to be had moving small cars from 40 to 45 mpg, but moving trucks and SUVs from 15 to 20.

MPG - GPM*100 - % Improvement

15 - - - - 6.67
20 - - - - 5.00 - - - - - 25%
40 - - - - 2.50
45 - - - - 2.22 - - - - - 10.8%

 

[SSDD]

The Europeans have a good idea. Rather than miles per gallon, we should be looking at gallons per mile - or liters per 100 km. Turning things about like that makes obvious that the largest gains are not to be had moving small cars from 40 to 45 mpg, but moving trucks and SUVs from 15 to 20.

MPG - GPM*100 - % Improvement

15 - - - - 6.67
20 - - - - 5.00 - - - - - 25%
40 - - - - 2.50
45 - - - - 2.22 - - - - - 10.8%

Typical liberal thinking....equal misery for all

 

[jon_berzerk]

The most tragic consequence of increased fuel economy is the tens of thousands per year who die or suffer life altering injury due to the compromises in safety in the name of increased fuel economy...killing and maiming tens of thousands per year in the name of a few more miles per gallon is unconscionable....and typical for the left. They have no problem killing millions in the name of their green religion. In fact, the gods of the left are even more blood thirsty than the gods of the aztecs.

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[orogenicman]

The Europeans have a good idea. Rather than miles per gallon, we should be looking at gallons per mile - or liters per 100 km. Turning things about like that makes obvious that the largest gains are not to be had moving small cars from 40 to 45 mpg, but moving trucks and SUVs from 15 to 20.

MPG - GPM*100 - % Improvement

15 - - - - 6.67
20 - - - - 5.00 - - - - - 25%
40 - - - - 2.50
45 - - - - 2.22 - - - - - 10.8%

Typical liberal thinking....equal misery for all

Really? Because my girlfriend owns a Prius, and with the ways she drives it, she gets over 50 mpg. It is quiet, and reliable, and we both love it. If you think that is miserable, you are entitled to your own opinions, even the stupid ones.

 

[orogenicman]

Humanitarian liberalism isn't...it leaves a wake of corpses wherever it goes. Hundreds of millions to date and counting.

Wow, that's some potent Kool-Aid you are drinking, pal.