| The politically correct crowd has perpetrated so much | | | | to mind are that the electricity used to recharge the |
| damage on America and the world. The two main | | | | batteries is not free. That electricity is generated by a |
| areas that come to mind are social correctness and | | | | power plant that is fueled by something, some fossil |
| environmental correctness. In the environmental arena | | | | fuel. The except is for those few nuclear power plants |
| of politically correct thinking the propaganda against | | | | providing in the United States. The second point is that |
| diesel cars has caused a huge amount of damage | | | | the battery pack has a service life. The battery pack |
| and is just part of the overall scheme. To date so | | | | will have to be replaced at a cost. |
| called environmentalists have caused America to mix | | | | My favorite of all is the downplaying and ignorance of |
| and match hundreds of different gasoline formulas for | | | | diesel. Diesel fuel has more heat energy per unit |
| use in different parts of the country. This has added | | | | volume than gasoline and a lot more than ethanol. With |
| cost with the main result being increased gas prices | | | | the advent of Volkswagens TDI clean diesel |
| and shortages at the pump. The shortage in a | | | | technology the pollution argument is answered and |
| particular formula of gasoline and not in the base | | | | beaten. The Volkswagen TDI clean diesel is so |
| constituent the fuel itself. | | | | environmentally friendly that it is approved in all 50 |
| Another reuse is the use of alcohol as a fuel. Yes | | | | United States. Couple this with the fact that for the last |
| alcohol is renewable, yes alcohol burns clean, but | | | | 13 years I have been driving a Volkswagen TDI clean |
| something "they" don't tell you is that there is less heat | | | | diesel that gets 42 MPG city and 49 MPG on the |
| energy in alcohol. When alcohol is added to the | | | | highway. What that means is that if more cars were |
| gasoline the amount of energy per unit volume is | | | | powered by the TDI clean diesel technology we would |
| reduced which results in using more fuel to travel the | | | | have used half the fuel that was burned for |
| same distance as just using gasoline alone. So by | | | | transportation over the last decade. That is a huge |
| using ethanol to clean up the environment more | | | | savings. We have had the technology for over a |
| gasoline is burned. Do you think that using more of | | | | decade to reduce transportation fuel consumption by |
| something might result in a shortage? | | | | fifty percent and it has been ignored and |
| The hybrids are now the rage. Car manufacturers are | | | | propagandized. |
| developing hybrids that gain MPG by using electricity. | | | | I encourage you to investigate the TDI clean diesel for |
| These are a more complex machine that have both | | | | your next car. |
| an internal combustion engine, and electric motor drive | | | | What have the politically correct crowd done for you |
| method, and an electrical charging system to add | | | | lately besides cause discontent, and problems where |
| power to the battery pack. A couple points that come | | | | ever they go. |