Re: GAS PRICES

Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 13, 2005 at 02:47:40 from (216.208.58.190):

In Reply to: Re: GAS PRICES posted by P Backus on August 12, 2005 at 21:28:35:

Paul: 50 years ago there was a gentleman in our area, who suddenly became quite prosporus. How accutate this is I don't know, but it was reported he developed a carburator that would give 50 mpg (CAN gallon) in his full size Dodge sedan. My understanding is corperate America bought his patent.

They have sure never put it on the market. I learned to drive and got my first drivers licence with my dad's 57 Chevy sedan, 25 mpg. Today almost 50 years later I drive a Buick Lesabre, not a whole lot of difference in size and still get 25 mpg. Gee progress has been great. The Chevy seated 6 adults quite comfortably, the Buick doesn't. You can talk with countless people who have experienced much the same on fuel milage.

I once spoke with a rail locomotive operator, asked him about photos you see of trains coming from western Canada with 5 locomotives up front. I said you never see that in the east. His responce,"you can take 3 diesels off at Thunder Bay, as going from there to Halifax, at any given time half the train is on down grade. In fact there are portion of that run a VW beetle would pull the train, just wouldn't have the power to operate the compressor for braking." That same freight being hauled on trucks can not take advantage of the rolling hills.

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