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U.S. vehicle fuel efficiency has increased only 3 mpg in 80 years
Gizmag ^ | 08/05/09 | unknown

Posted on 08/05/2009 5:22:31 AM PDT by jwparkerjr

Gizmag is always on the lookout for alternative means of powering vehicles and saving precious fossil fuels. But, in truth, the vast majority of us still drive exclusively petrol-powered cars. And the even sadder truth, outlined in a new research from the University of Michigan, is that the average fuel efficiency of a US vehicle has improved only three miles per gallon since the days of the Ford Model T.

(Excerpt) Read more at gizmag.com ...


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To: bitterohiogunclinger

Well???? every 10,000 miles.and at 100,000 miles it was junk.

Yeah plugs and points didnt last long and most women didnt know how to use the choke.


21 posted on 08/05/2009 6:03:31 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: jwparkerjr
it always takes a fixed amount of energy to move a given weight over a fixed distance

Isaac Newton knows more about gas mileage the the EPA


22 posted on 08/05/2009 6:04:03 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: xcamel
If the writer had his head any farther up his @, his colon would be considered a snorkel.

LOL!!! I am SO gonna steal a variation of that.

23 posted on 08/05/2009 6:11:37 AM PDT by Roccus (The Capitol, the White House, the Court House...........America's Axis of Evil)
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To: jwparkerjr
Gee, I wonder why Bubba never raised CAFE standards when he had the chance...
24 posted on 08/05/2009 6:12:59 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: jwparkerjr

I owned a couple of Ford Falcons which got 30 mpg...They likely weighed more than a model T...

Whoever authored this article is lying, or nuts...


25 posted on 08/05/2009 6:12:59 AM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Iscool
My first car was a 61 Falcon purchased in 66 at the age of 21. It got just about 30 mpq.......of oil.
26 posted on 08/05/2009 6:21:18 AM PDT by Roccus (The Capitol, the White House, the Court House...........America's Axis of Evil)
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To: Roccus
“My first car was a 61 Falcon purchased in 66 at the age of 21. It got just about 30 mpq.......of oil.”

I had a 51 Pontiac Chieftain convertible with a flat head straight eight which got the same sort of mileage. It was like driving the fogger at the drive-in theater, but Chief Pontiac's head on the hood ornament lit up when the lights were on...cool! :)

27 posted on 08/05/2009 6:33:28 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Roccus

Ha...I didn’t have trouble with the oil...The wheels kept falling off the front end with mine...But the mileage was good...


28 posted on 08/05/2009 6:34:47 AM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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To: Kolokotronis

I loved that orange Chief’s head!


29 posted on 08/05/2009 6:36:34 AM PDT by Roccus (The Capitol, the White House, the Court House...........America's Axis of Evil)
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To: Roccus
"I loved that orange Chief’s head!"


30 posted on 08/05/2009 6:40:24 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Iscool

Living in the pothole capital of the world at the time (NYC) my biggest problem was keeping the shock towers in the front attached. In the rear, the shocks were attached to the trunk floor and were constantly blasting through the sheet metal no matter how big the washers were that I used.


31 posted on 08/05/2009 6:41:29 AM PDT by Roccus (The Capitol, the White House, the Court House...........America's Axis of Evil)
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To: Kolokotronis

We used to play roller derby and hockey in the streets. Checking someone into one of those or the jet on an Olds guaranteed putting an opponent out of action for a bit. LOL!!


32 posted on 08/05/2009 6:44:29 AM PDT by Roccus (The Capitol, the White House, the Court House...........America's Axis of Evil)
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To: jwparkerjr

Are we comparing cars traveling at the same speed? My sportute gets good gas mileage at 20 mph.


33 posted on 08/05/2009 6:50:19 AM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: Perfesser

No, it just had deal with muddy, unpaved, and sometimes impassible roads that were the norm once you left the city.

If I have a choice between a traffic jam and being mired in mud, I’ll choose the traffic jam.


34 posted on 08/05/2009 6:51:13 AM PDT by Little Ray (Do we have a Plan B?)
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To: jwparkerjr

I drive a 1994 Pontiac Formula (big powerful V-8) which still gets 21-22 actual mpg on the road and 15-18 in town.

I drive about 5000-8000 miles per year. I don’t think immobilizing this beautiful powerful car and picking up a slightly higher mileage car is going to make any meaningful difference to the planet.


35 posted on 08/05/2009 9:09:19 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: wildbill

Absolutely! There are lots of places we can offset the fuel used by such great icons of America at its best as your Pontiac! I frequently drive by a baseball field operated by the city late at night, 10 PM and after, and several nights a week every light on the five or six fields is on, shining brightly on completely deserted baseball diamonds. There are all sorts of place we can find enough energy being wasted to trade off for the operation of great classic cars!


36 posted on 08/05/2009 9:17:32 AM PDT by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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To: jwparkerjr

They can take my Formula when they pry my dead cold hands off the gearshift and steering wheel.

By the way, I bought it off a doctor in 97 when it had 35,000 miles on it. It now has 109,000.

Fully loaded, T-Tops, black on black leather. Nice ride for a 69 year old geezer.


37 posted on 08/05/2009 9:40:47 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: Beagle8U
Thank you! I got locked up in an endless loop. Kept going from one page to another and back again. I see from most of the posts the article is not exactly chock full of facts. I had not read it when I posted it, just thought it was an interesting tidbit. I fear some of the posters were confusing the message with the messenger. It was not my intention to vouch for the info in the article, just to call attention to it.
38 posted on 08/05/2009 1:13:08 PM PDT by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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To: jwparkerjr
No problem.

Finding the link to the story wasn't exactly ‘user friendly’ at that site.

39 posted on 08/05/2009 1:47:24 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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