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There are serious limits to the scalability of that solution. We can't all just sell the cars we have and buy something 25% better every year. And frankly, we'v
by beat 8y ago
There are serious limits to the scalability of that solution. We can't all just sell the cars we have and buy something 25% better every year. And frankly, we've squeezed most of the efficiency we're going to get out of internal combustion already.
- noir_lord 8y ago> And frankly, we've squeezed most of the efficiency we're going to get out of internal combustion already. If we stick to large engines we need to push honking great SUV's around maybe, modern 3 door's (like the Citigo) are pushing 60+ mpg average in the is something like 25.
- rootusrootus 8y agoWe're already there for anyone who wants it. A Prius gets essentially the same gas mileage as the Citigo while also being more appropriately sized for American tasets.
- beat 8y agoTo my point, your solution is not better cars, but rather smaller cars. That's incrementalism, and it won't go far. Feel-good snark about the American love of big cars won't solve the problem at all.