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Originally Posted by glennQNYC
Funny you write "[fuel economy] regulations are getting tougher everyday." Literally just a day ago there was a big story in the news about how we should expect an announcement next week regarding automotive fuel economy regulations being scaled back...
https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.re.../idUSKBN16M2C5
Regulations aren't chiseled in stone. We can change them by changing the people we put in charge of the regulations. |
True you can change regulations to suit it better for your self and your conscience, but you still can't change the fact, what damage burning fossil fuels does towards the enivorment and so on.
So changing regulations to make it easier for fossil fuel driven cars to survive well that is kinda a step backwards but that's my opinion on that.
For me the internal combustion engine has run its course in its pure form so to speak, The most obvious choice is to produce hybrid performance cars witch is a combination of both worlds, Considering the biggest release of emissions (when it comes to cars) comes from the so called daily driving to work, stores, soccer practice etc.... where the engine doesn't get up to proper working temperatures especially during the winter months and is then more damaging to the enivorment.
So then a hybrid is the smartest choice where you can use your electric engine for all those parts and then when you want to have some fun you turn on the combustion engine and floor it and have some fun, Instead of turning on and off the combustion engine several times a day without getting the engine to proper working temperatures witch is also to be fair damaging to the engine, So instead you maybe switch to the combustion engine once a day for fun or when you are heading for the track or so.