Why a 2008 civic gets worse mileage than a 1996 civic
I just saw that a group of "concerned consumers" are pushing to increase the design factor of car roofs from 1.5 to 2.5. Their claim is that it will prevent 14 to 18 rollover deaths per year. It's also going to probably add 200-400 lbs to your average car.
This, among other reasons, is why we keep making less and less efficient cars. Go out there and find me a car that weighs less than 2800 lbs. It doesn't exist, at least not for sale in this country. Everything is bigger, especially the small cars.
Weight = ineconomy. It's unavoidable, more mass means more fuel consumption for any given shape factor.
I find this subject relevant for this journal because of oil-death connection. Oil funds death unlike any other commodity out there except maybe hardcore narcotics. No matter how you want to spin it, oil money funds a lot of people we could do without, be it Al-Qaeda supporting Saudis, FARC-loving Chavez, enterprise crushing Putin, or rabid fundy texans.
This, among other reasons, is why we keep making less and less efficient cars. Go out there and find me a car that weighs less than 2800 lbs. It doesn't exist, at least not for sale in this country. Everything is bigger, especially the small cars.
Weight = ineconomy. It's unavoidable, more mass means more fuel consumption for any given shape factor.
I find this subject relevant for this journal because of oil-death connection. Oil funds death unlike any other commodity out there except maybe hardcore narcotics. No matter how you want to spin it, oil money funds a lot of people we could do without, be it Al-Qaeda supporting Saudis, FARC-loving Chavez, enterprise crushing Putin, or rabid fundy texans.