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Grammar apologies for Mpg vs. MPG in the title, as this site auto-formats into Title Case and I didn't notice.

Well, I assume you know that batteries use energy much more efficiently than heat-wasting internal combustion engines. And large power plants have economies of scale for further efficiency vs. individual fossil-fuel engines. Batteries are ideal for commuter cars and I hold out hope for a...

I know of that paradox, but it's only true to a point. Even if everyone drove a car that averaged 60 MPG vs everyone averaging 30 MPG, there's only so much driving people can do in a day, especially during the work week with time constraints. Unless everyone started taking really long vacations...

I kind of wish the engine was J WAS THE LAYOFF DUE TO KEYBOARD JAMMING?

If the Big Three automakers (or whatever they number now) wanted to build such a car, they could have done it at any time in the past few decades. Unless they feared it might lose them sales of existing cars. It just seems a shame that Elio has to struggle to get such a smart concept rolling. I...

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I'm waiting for oil prices to rise (if OPEC backs off its market flooding) since that's the only thing that really seems to get people to conserve. If Elio had been at this stage of production circa 2008 or 2009, when shale fracking had yet to make a dent in oil prices, I'm sure there'd be a lot...

Do you normally jump to conclusions on things that haven't panned out yet? Patience seems to be a lost virtue with so many ways to find info online, and much of it being hearsay. I'd wait until summer 2016 for a better assessment. If more people would learn geology and see that oil is finite at...

I saw it in the Portland area recently, and it's actually more impressive looking than photos show. It looked like a miniature airplane on wheels to me. The exterior finish looked very clean and glossy. The front suspension seemed somewhat fragile but I tried to keep the light weight in mind...

Arthur Berman: Why Today's Shale Era Is The Retirement Party For Oil Production A leading geologist delivers the hard facts http://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/91722/arthur-berman-why-todays-shale-era-retirement-party-oil-production Reality check for people caught up in U.S. shale hype, who...

The weight of the driver and cargo would surely factor into MPG. I wonder how they came up with "84" to begin with - purely via computer? Some could probably hypermile it to that or higher, even if the EPA said lower.

Even if you can't give the exact company name, tell us what it was involved in, otherwise the word "fact" is hearsay. There could be many reasons for "breaking ties," including some other supplier getting the same contract. I kind of wish this whole project wasn't happening in the Internet age...

I'd check her whole blog for context before assuming you interpreted that as it was meant. Tverberg is no economic novice or science denier, just someone who brings up some counterintuitive points about prices and human behavior. The price of oil is sensitive to demand in surprising ways. I'm...

What disturbs me the most is public ignorance over the significance of "lower gas prices" and the impression that oil gets "more plentiful" as they fall, which is ridiculous when you understand that it's finite at any price. Geologists know that oil gets scarcer under the ground by 80-90 million...

That was RE removing the fenders, but I'm wondering if small stones, etc. could get slung through open windows even with the fenders on. They'd just have to unleash from the tread at the precise moment after a slight delay being held in the tread. Motorcyclists are theoretically safer from such...

Let's see if anyone fixed it yet. Nope!

I've never been to Europe but I wonder if they waste as much fuel by idling like zombies? Americans seem to think turning off an engine is a major inconvenience if they'll be sitting for less than 5 minutes, or the temperature inside might get slightly uncomfortable. You can blast the heater or...

They do still stink, though. Even "clean" diesels don't smell so good when you're right next to one. Then you have the coal-rollers who treat pollution as a matter of pride. I think that should be a felony if it's caught routinely. Diesel soot is an official carcinogen.

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