Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Don't read if you have had enough BS

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Phil wrote,
>   I believe that
>   Detroit can give me a 5000 lb. SUV with 8,000 to 10,000 lb towing
>   capacity that can deliver over 50 MPG and carry 7/8 people with 2 cup
>   holders per person...I believe that it can be as safe or safer than
>   todays crop of anachronistic dinosaurs, I believe it can come with
>   comfort and convenience accessories that will not destroy the
>   abilities of the vehicle to provide us with good economy or efficiency

They absolutely could BUT it would not be allowed because the ONLY VIABLE 
source of that much energy is nuclear.

The problem with oil is that there is SOOOO much energy packed in so little 
volume.  And of course, its a finite resource.  Our lifestyles demand energy, 
not oil.  And the only viable long-term source is nuclear.

This goes to the clowns that want hydrogen and/or electric.  It costs more to 
free the hydrogen than you can sell it for - unless you have a cheap energy 
source like nuclear.  In that model, the hydrogen just carries the energy to 
the consumer.  And in fact, electric technologies do the same thing except that 
today our clean and green all electric cars are using coal-fired energy carried 
to them through wires.

In my tiny corner of life I see only two options: (1) Use less energy, or (2) 
find ways to implement nuclear energy that the China Syndrome fanatics won't 
detonate over.

just me