What Does Carbon Regulation Mean For Your Next Car?

thedailygreen.com:

"With the first round of regulations, through 2020 or 2025, we're talking about taking conventional technology...which for 20 years we've been putting into acceleration, accessories, etc., -- taking that existing technology and putting it toward better fuel economy," he said.

So the days of commercials touting every car's zero-to-60 accelerating power, and the multiple-DVD minivan may be waning, but the internal combustion gas-powered engine will remain the dominant vehicle type for the next 10 or 15 years, by Thompson's estimation. It will be 2040 or 2050 before plug-in hybrids and other advanced technologies dominate the market, he predicted.

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Comments

[ferrarimanf355]

I'd better get my hands on a Mustang before they're outlawed. Then I'd better buy something to ward off the repo men who would come and try to replace my car with a soulless hybrid...

[ranchomerced]

And it will get worse soon .. the spending by the Dems in congress will soon cause massive inflation thereby erasing any savings of the $8 tax cut. Then the carbon tax will kick in on virtually everything you buy or consume and will be added to the cost of doing business. This is the end of prosperity for the American Middle class. ALL of this is self inflicted over a hoax and for the Dems to gain political power.

[kingcityguru]

Excuse me, but don't plants use CO2 to grow and is CO2 not expelled everytime we breath?

[CrzyRussell]

That's the inconvenient truth the Gore was referring to.

[Bedo]

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[RTIII]

...I'm already working on solutions for myself.

I'm converting one of my 1950's Karmann Ghias to run, as one vehicle with ONE set up, all of the following fuels (one at a time):

+ Methane
+ Propane
+ Liquefied Natural Gas
+ Gasoline

This is possible by using a "demand regulator" - the vehicle already has a (stock) gasoline cut-off valve.

My motive is to shift from fossil fuels to locally generated, "short cycle carbon" fuels - methane in particular. And then I'll generate my own methane. ...This has been possible since before WWII, but has been intentionally ignored by big business. We _could_ be converting all the hazardous waste material from our nation's chicken and pig "factories" into great fertilizer and nearly pure methane. This would be a carbon-neutral way to power ourselves because the carbon is on the short cycle: atmosphere --> plants --> farm animals --> methane --> combustion --> atmosphere. In this way, it does not add to the carbon in the atmosphere AND it doesn't increase costs or demands on agriculture, either, and making two incredibly useful products out of what is now harming our lands throughout our conuntry, especially in the south and midwest.
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[KillTheMessenger]

Cool. Now we need a solution for the other 299,999,999 Americans.

:-)

[RTIII]

KTM,

I _know_ you better than this.

You would of course applaud conversion of animal wastes that currently foul our water into methane and fertilizer. Wouldn't you? So, why poke at me like I'm not doing something useful for EVERYONE? The idea here is to illuminate the way...
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[plantguy]

I believe it means the middle class won't be able to afford one.

[Bowingobama1]

Haha, nice one.

[RTIII]

What middle class?
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[KillTheMessenger]

Currently the middle class has annual incomes of $150,000+. They can afford it. And the working class, which are the people you are talking about, will take the bus.

[plantguy]

The state I live in average income is 53,000 , not everyone has the luxury of bus transportation. Guess I'm poor , thats why we voted in a democrat but it's not helping out much. It's all about greed, new technology makes people rich.