[willgolfforfood]

Well I'm an engineer, just mulling the technical capability of getting from here to there. If we do it with gasoline engines, we'll all be driving glorified golf carts/death traps in a few years.

I agree with you about the loss of freedom, though. We have enough federal regulations in this country now that a mid-size library can't even hold them all, and every one is a loss of freedom.

Low flush toilets. Banning of conventional incandescent light bulbs. And millions upon millions more.

This experiment in freedom has run it's course.

[Republic of Texas]

Now we have two choices for our next experiment. Servitude and slavery, or revolution, and death (for many). We should have tried freedom a little longer.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Actually, getting there shouldn't be difficult at all. Just go down in the third subbasement below GM and root around in the archives until you find the plans for the 100 mpg carburetor. Everybody knows that the oil companies and car companies were in cahoots from the 40s to 60s to quash it. The guy that finds those plans will be a millionaire overnight!

BTW, our new GE dishwasher won't dry the dishes and the new Kohler faucet on the kitchen sink takes forever to fill the sink with water. GE told me it's because of federal regs that reduced the power of the heaters by half to save energy. It sure does save energy because the damn dishes are still wet when the cycle is finished. And I can't find the hidden flow restrictor in the faucet.

I sure miss the good old days when companies thrived or died on how well they me consumer needs, not how well they served their government masters. I can only imagine what it will be like 25 or 50 years hence.