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Monday,
April 25, 2005
Bio-diesel
hybrids and why you should fire your Congressperson
The hybrid vehicle powertrain is a
beautiful thing because of the plethora of engine combinations
with which it is able to integrate.
Currently, most hybrid
cars, such as the Toyota
Prius, are gas-electric hybrids that utilize both gasoline
engines and electric motors. However, the future of hybrids
could be dominated by diesel engine and electric motor
combinations, or hydrogen engine electric motor combinations - a
vehicle that Ford has already conceptualized.
Still, hydrogen doesn't offer a solution today. Diesel hybrids,
on the other hand, pose some interesting possibilities today,
such as bio-diesel-electric hybrids. These vehicles could
utilize new techniques that could turn American crops into clean
bio-diesel fuel for American vehicles.
The point is, hybrid powertrains enable the integration of the
best innovations in the automotive industry to create vehicles
that can have an immediate impact on the environment, economy,
and foreign-oil dependency.
The only obstacle is profit. Making America a safer and more
socially responsible country just isn't cost-effective for two
of America's most important corporations. Or, even worse, making
America safer isn't even a concern.
As an American citizen I find this completely unacceptable.
While I realize more than a million jobs are at stake, the fact
that these companies - and their cronies in Congress - have put
the security of 100's of millions at risk with greed-driven
corporate incompetence is unforgivable.
Americans do not owe either GM or Ford anything. GM and Ford owe
America - not in decades when they can monopolize fuel cell
technology for fat shareholder dividends - today.
More important and unfortunate; however, Congress needs to be
fired for serving lobbyists rather than citizens.
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