I Hate Oil
Posted
May 30, 2008 
Comments(6)
Comments(6)
This is absurd. The Ford Model T got 13-21 mpg. That was in 1908. One hundred years later vehicles average 30 mpg. I have a hard time believing that all the brainiac scientists out there aren’t smart enough to figure out how to get at least 80-100 miles to a gallon.
Take the computer. The first computer I remember having had a 286 processor with 1mhz clock speed. 22 years later I’m running a dual-core 2.2ghz processor. That’s a 219,900% percent increase (439,900% if you count both cores). Over 100 years fuel efficiency has increased by 43-131%.
In every other technological arena huge advancements have been made in the last 100 years. Why not fuel? Something’s awry here.
Maybe Lee Raymond will give me some of his $141,000 a day.
Amen
This very thing has been bugging the heck out of me for the past couple of years. Companies are bragging 30 mpg in their advertising. Volkswagens were getting more than that when my parents were first getting their licenses. Something definitely seems amiss.
Greed is the problem. The better the fuel efficiency, the less fuel they sell. The end.
Oil Barons for the win (though I hate it).
>:|
this was laced with angst, i think.
your new look is clleeeaaan.
I get weak in the knees when I think of how much money is spent on just the gas to move our heavy machines around the battle space. I see countless vehicles every day that, at best, get 8-15 MPG out here in Afghani-land. Good thing I’m not paying for it… wait a minute… DAMN IT!
Haha, you’re absolutely right, but there are physical limitations to the combustion process. The fuel is the same (more or less); however, engine efficiency can only be improved to a certain point. Venturing beyond that is forbidden by thermodynamics. But still, I see your point. If not 100 mpg, then at least… 50-ish. Heck, anything would be better than what we have now!