http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2007/04/15/amid-fuel-economy-emissions-debate-gms-lutz-says-horsepower-still-sells/ Dedicated to the balanced discussion of global warming Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:02:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2007/04/15/amid-fuel-economy-emissions-debate-gms-lutz-says-horsepower-still-sells/comment-page-1/#comment-24278 Is It Getting Warmer? » Heat2Power Wed, 06 May 2009 15:06:44 +0000 http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2007/04/15/amid-fuel-economy-emissions-debate-gms-lutz-says-horsepower-still-sells/#comment-24278 [...] There are a variety of techniques and tools that allow an internal combustion engine to capture more of its energy and direct it to moving your car down the road as opposed to sending that energy out of your exhaust.  Most of these tools are difficult to use and maintain.  They simply are not ready for primetime.  However, with the virtual collapse of the automotive manufacturers in the US, it is not likely they are going to be increasing their R&D on getting more performance out of the engines that they make.  It is an unfortunate reality that cars are sold on other things than their efficiencies. [...] [...] There are a variety of techniques and tools that allow an internal combustion engine to capture more of its energy and direct it to moving your car down the road as opposed to sending that energy out of your exhaust.  Most of these tools are difficult to use and maintain.  They simply are not ready for primetime.  However, with the virtual collapse of the automotive manufacturers in the US, it is not likely they are going to be increasing their R&D on getting more performance out of the engines that they make.  It is an unfortunate reality that cars are sold on other things than their efficiencies. [...]

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