Ferrari Mailing List: Re: I am w/ Phil - Gas Mileage

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Disagree.  The buyers want big vehicles and they want big power.  The oil 
campanies are selling everything they produce.  Oil price is not easily 
predicted by supply and demand but America's car-buying public still has a 
taste for big and strong.

rick - in Texas

--- On Wed, 5/20/09, Mauricio Mesa <mesa_mauricio [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mauricio Mesa <mesa_mauricio [at] yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Ferrari] I am w/ Phil - Gas Mileage
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 9:55 AM
> Reality is that the monopolies in the Oil & Gas Energy
> Sector don't want the technology to be implemented and
> through Special Interest lobbying have so far gotten away
> with it.  Lets not be naive here.  
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 20:34:12 -0400
> From: "philville dejazzd.com"
> <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Say goodbye to your SUV's : BO
> just made them
>     extinct
> To: LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Message-ID: <dbc55331ba1f4a6.4a1317c4 [at] dejazzd.com>
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> 
> 
>    I say BS, if you all think that creative thinking has
> been encouraged
>    and allowed to produce what we want and what we need  
> then you need
>    to get your head out of the sand. There is no doubt in
> my mind that
>    the ability to move a 4000 lb. car at highway speeds
> comparable to our
>    current usage and at mileage above 50 mpg. The problem
> being that
>    those who control the technology are those who did not
> want this. Why
>    would they?
> 
>    "Never did like the idea of govt deciding what kind
> of cars we'll
>    have.  If a large part of the public wants electric cars
> there would be *someone* producing them."
> 
> 
> 
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