Reply #2: Diesels Have always been more efficient [View All]

[freethought]

Nothing really new here. Diesels have always been more efficient
than gasoline. Thant's why commercial haulers and other companies favor diesel vehicles. They are also more reliable.

Europe os already moving onto a new type of 'clean burning' diesel. Diesels lack some of the "snap' that a gasoline powered car has, but so what. Combine hybrid motor conecepts with biodiesel or biodiesel/diesel mixtures and who knows what kind of benefits could be made.

Why dosen't Detroit figure it out? Easy. Hybdrid vehicles are TRUE innovation. A new concept in how a car or truck propels itself. Things like fuel injection, ABS, 4WD on the fly, (I'll leave out air bags) these thinbg haven't really changed how a car runs or where it storres the energy it needs. They are just new ways doing old things.
Big American businesses dosen't like real innovation. It's expensive to implement. Lord knows we can't spend money to innovate can we?

Pricks! I hope the Japanese show the U.S. automakers up again.