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• Very good girl
  Dear Ms. Burstein:
  
  I am impressed by the quality and newsworthiness of your automobile blog entries. It is difficult to find women who give two craps about automobiles much less one who actually knows something about the internals.
  
  Just a question: are you following the buzz around EESTOR? The technology they've developed is very disruptive to all internal combustion engines. I'm surprised more people are not following this one closely. In reply to: "2008 smart cars ready to hit U.S."

  September 11, 2007

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• 18 a gallon!
  Holy Mother of God! Ethanol is much much cheaper and ANYONE can make it. Why would we focus on magnesium aided hydrogen as an energy carrier which much cheaper and better ones exist RIGHT NOW? I mean I don't think ethanol is a cureall, but for once maybe Bush is right it is a good hedge against $4.00 a gallon gas. And it is a renewable resource as well.
  
  Ralph

  March 27, 2007

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• Is this really a "new" type of car?
  Basically, it sounds like a series hybrid. The electric motor is the only thing moving the car and it is running nearly all the time. A very small battery pack is needed since the engine charges the batteries all the time. The advantages over a parallel hybrid: lower weight, less complexity, and lower cost at the expense of some lost fuel economy. Series hybrids have one other cool factor about them: they don't directly drive the wheels In reply to: "General Motors set to unveil a new type of clean car"

  November 9, 2006

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• Name calling without facts makes you an imbecile
  It is well-known that many island nations generate all or nearly all of their power from diesel generators. They don't have ready supplies or coal or gas at their disposal so they are forced to use petroleum. And in point of fact, they would welcome cheaper renewables simply because the economics are right. They receive lots of sunshine and solar energy (or wind or tidal) make long-term economic sense against a backdrop of expensive oil prices.
  
  Ralph

  July 25, 2006

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• Name calling without facts makes you an imbecile
  It is well-known that many island nations generate all or nearly all of their power from diesel generators. They don't have ready supplies or coal or gas at their disposal so they are forced to use petroleum. And in point of fact, they would welcome cheaper renewables simply because the economics are right. They receive lots of sunshine and solar energy (or wind or tidal) make long-term economic sense against a backdrop of expensive oil prices.
  
  Ralph

  July 25, 2006

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