2006-07-10 07:36:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Becuase the oil and auto industry work together to limit the amount of consumer choices on the market... I predict that this will change once Toyota and Honda become the top two automakers on the planet.
Toyota is almost there.
2006-07-10 09:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by hyperhealer3 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, they demanded these vehicles. The US auto industry, who makes them, complied so that they would not lose a huge market. It was a fairly easy modification to the engines to make them run on ethanol, gasoline, or any mixture of the 2. So it was a no-brainer for Detroit.
The US auto industry sells what people will buy. Go buy a flex fuel vehicle. tell your friends to. Demand will change their behaviour more surely than any California regulatory commission!!
2006-07-10 14:42:01 · answer #2 · answered by eyebum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Brazilian government the price of importing oil was just to high. Environmental concerns of oil production were a concern. And they grow a lot of sugar cane in Brazil and the leaders wanted to make better use of a renewable crop.
2006-07-10 17:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by MotherLodeBeth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a government mandate. And they have the right kind of climate to grow sugar cane, which is way more efficient for making ethanol than corn is.
2006-07-10 15:01:36 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brazil just cares more about there country and took the initiative to fix the problem they were having.
2006-07-10 14:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by Lar-Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We will get there. It's too bad that the price of gas is the only reason we will get there but still, we will get there.
2006-07-10 21:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by Report Abuse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could have sworn that we had hybrids in this country.
2006-07-10 14:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋