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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1036163" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>No...what the government <em>needs</em> to do is to roll back the EPA restrictions that effectively force consumers of small cars to use only <em>one</em> type of fuel...gasoline...over which Big Oil has an effective <em>monopoly</em>.</p><p></p><p>Relaxing the emissions requirements on any vehicle with an EPA rating of, say, 50MPG would allow for the importation and domestic manufacture of the compact, hyper-efficient turbodiesel cars that are widely available in Europe and that are capable of using locally produced biodiesel.</p><p></p><p>Diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines at converting energy into forward motion. Diesel engines last longer. Diesel engines can also run on biodiesel made from waste cooking oil, locally produced crops such as rapeseed or hemp. Clean diesel fuel can also be refined from a resource that the USA has a plentiful supply of...COAL.</p><p></p><p>Imagine being able to buy a car like the VW Lupo that gets up to 80 MPG. Imagine being able to buy fuel for that car from a LOCAL farmer or LOCAL refiner of waste cooking oil or a LOCAL coal gasification factory.</p><p></p><p>We can only imagine these things because of EPA restrictions that <em>allows</em> you to buy a Hummer that gets <strong>7MPG</strong> on gasoline sourced from Middle East oil, while <em>forbidding</em> you from buying a Lupo that gets <strong>80MPG </strong>on biodiesel sourced <u>from your local farmer</u>.</p><p></p><p>The technology exists for these things to be the<em> reality</em>. All that stands in the way is an EPA that is in the back pocket of an oil indistry that wants to maintain a <em>government-controlled monopoly </em>on the sale of automotive fuel.</p><p></p><p>Government control of refineries is not the answer. The answer is to <em>end</em> government subsidies and protection of the oil industry, and to give consumers <em>free choice</em> as to what types of cars they wish to drive and what types of fuels they wish to use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1036163, member: 14668"] No...what the government [I]needs[/I] to do is to roll back the EPA restrictions that effectively force consumers of small cars to use only [I]one[/I] type of fuel...gasoline...over which Big Oil has an effective [I]monopoly[/I]. Relaxing the emissions requirements on any vehicle with an EPA rating of, say, 50MPG would allow for the importation and domestic manufacture of the compact, hyper-efficient turbodiesel cars that are widely available in Europe and that are capable of using locally produced biodiesel. Diesel engines are more efficient than gasoline engines at converting energy into forward motion. Diesel engines last longer. Diesel engines can also run on biodiesel made from waste cooking oil, locally produced crops such as rapeseed or hemp. Clean diesel fuel can also be refined from a resource that the USA has a plentiful supply of...COAL. Imagine being able to buy a car like the VW Lupo that gets up to 80 MPG. Imagine being able to buy fuel for that car from a LOCAL farmer or LOCAL refiner of waste cooking oil or a LOCAL coal gasification factory. We can only imagine these things because of EPA restrictions that [I]allows[/I] you to buy a Hummer that gets [B]7MPG[/B] on gasoline sourced from Middle East oil, while [I]forbidding[/I] you from buying a Lupo that gets [B]80MPG [/B]on biodiesel sourced [U]from your local farmer[/U]. The technology exists for these things to be the[I] reality[/I]. All that stands in the way is an EPA that is in the back pocket of an oil indistry that wants to maintain a [I]government-controlled monopoly [/I]on the sale of automotive fuel. Government control of refineries is not the answer. The answer is to [I]end[/I] government subsidies and protection of the oil industry, and to give consumers [I]free choice[/I] as to what types of cars they wish to drive and what types of fuels they wish to use. [/QUOTE]
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