Re: I remember GM's '64 Worlds Fair Exhibit -- environmental discussion

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Subject: Re: I remember GM's '64 Worlds Fair Exhibit

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billvon

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Date Posted: 09:49:47 11/19/07 Mon
In reply to: Mo' Green 's message, "I remember GM's '64 Worlds Fair Exhibit" on 11:48:29 11/16/07 Fri

>All these great advances in fuels, pollution control,
>congestion relief were just a few years away, just
>over the horizon, yatty, yatty. Problem is they put
>the horizon on wheel. It's always just a few years
>away. Just enough people are just stupid enough to
>keep buying it.

Yep, car companies often seem to spend more money and time on concept cars than on cars that actually embody those concepts.

Still, there are some encouraging signs. Clean diesels are becoming available, hybrids are selling like crazy, people are selling conversion kits to turn hybrids into PHEV's, and sales of big SUV's are slowing. Hopefully these trends will continue.

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