AMERICAblog: High school students design vehicle that gets 2,843.4 miles per gallon
RobertCMH
· 1 year ago
Well, where in the world am I going to put my groceries?!
And there's no cup holder for my Slurpee!
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
Whoa... now that's cool, and it's a cool looking car too.
dogeatdogi
· 1 year ago
I am the non-religious type so I'm not sure, but does the pope have to look so bored?
scooter in brooklyn
· 1 year ago
dog: i wish he'd just go home already. no wonder he's bored.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
"The Shell Eco-marathon."
Sort of like the "The Bush Middle East Peace Initiative."
dogeatdogi
· 1 year ago
Got Cliff's book today!! I am so excited!!!
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
I'm all for leaving things to young people. They're the FUTURE. They're smart, they leave off the bullshit. They haven't gotten cynical.
But why does the pic have "Shell" on the credit? Please say they haven't sold out. PLEASE.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
The SC says, go ahead and kill 'em (lethal injection case)...although Stevens voted with the majority, since the death penalty itself has already ruled on it, he did say he is against it.
So, the fight isn't over...
jr
· 1 year ago
"we will go bankrupt if the CAFE standard is over 20 mpg"-Detroit
That's funny! They'll be paid big money by the boys in black to turn over the patent.
Bluestocking
· 1 year ago
Well, since Bush is now posturing himself as someone who wants to do something for climate change (yeah, right...as if anyone who hasn't spent the last six-odd years would ever actually *believe* that) -- it seems to me that something like this would be one hell of a good place to start. Unfortunately, we all know how he's going to react -- something so fuel-efficient that it gets 2,000 miles to the gallon might cut into oil company profits, and we can't possibly have that!! The steadily-rising cost of oil couldn't have anything whatsoever to do with the possibility that the world could be approaching -- or perhaps already passed -- the Hubbert Peak of oil production, making development of technology like this a critical priority. No, of course not...don't be silly!
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And there's no cup holder for my Slurpee!
Sort of like the "The Bush Middle East Peace Initiative."
But why does the pic have "Shell" on the credit? Please say they haven't sold out. PLEASE.
So, the fight isn't over...
BUT the increase in fuel efficiency in the last two years alone - apples to apples (same school, same contest, same rules) is astounding. In 2005 Mater Dei HS won with "only" 1,836 MPG - this year it was 2,843 MPG.
Gives the argument about how hard it would be to meet increased CAFE standards quite the poke in the eye.