Why is Bush allowing other nations to take the lead in better gas mileage cars and alternative fuel?

Question

There is now a diesel car that gets 115 miles to the gallon and runs over 150 mph. There is also an electric car that runs 140mph. Is Bush admin offering tax incentives for R&D

nytrain (below) You must admit that the Bush admin is not offering any leadership or direction in this area. He decided that he wanted to "Lead the free world". I'm still waiting...

Answer 1

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Bush does have something to do with the present situation. His administration worked to kill the ZEV mandate on the west coast, that was forcing automakers to build and lease electric cars there. This story is told in the film "Who Killed the Electric Car", but basically, the automakers then immediately recalled and crushed all the electric cars on the road there, over howls of protests from the drivers.
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In place of that successful program, we got a fuel-cell research program, which won't produce any actual marketable cars for decades, if ever. (Fuel cell cars are the least viable alt-fuel vehicles, the research is just an attempt to stall any real gasoline alternatives.)
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But all is not lost. Look what has been produced with NO help from our government or auto industries:
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com/models/fleet.html
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The Phoenix electric pickup truck - using new, advanced Altairnano batteries (based on research at MIT) - can:

-Travel up to 250 miles per charge
-Carry 5 passengers plus cargo at 95mph.
-Charges batteries in as little as TEN MINUTES.
-Has batteries that last 250,000 miles (never need replacement.)

This is a real car - it is not just a concept. Orders have been taken, and cars are being built for fleet customers (sales to individuals start next year). So why don't we hear about this car from our press, our government, or the auto companies?
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Answer 2

Government regulation is not the answer to everything. Hydrogen fuel cell cars with the present technology take more fossil fuel to make the Hydrogen per gallon that we would use to power our cars with fossil fuel. Iceland is the leader in Hydrogen fuel except for their electricity which is Geo-thermal and to compare them to the larger populated developed countries is silly. Hydrogen will be years off. Consider also that Hydrogen is explosive. The emissions is water. So we must also work out millions of cars dripping water on the highways. Especially in the colder climates. Diesel is it's own argument for cleaner buring fuels. Imperial County Calif. uses Geo-thermal but they must add so many chemicals to the well heads to fight corrosion that a low level of radiation is emitted into the air. Everything is a trade off. The power plants use fossil fuels of one sort or another to produce electricity that will recharge electric powered cars. Hoover Dam is a hydro powered generating plant, but we can't dam all the rivers. The French had used nuclear engery safely for decades but the liberals will not allow this to built even though the technolgy has advanced. They want to become independent of foreign oil but will not allow America to develop it's own resources. We now have countries not friendly to the U.S. begining to slant drill into the oil deposits off our shores. Cars that get exceptionally high mileage are limited in their scope of use as far as passengers, comfort and crash survivability go.

Answer 3

PRESIDENT Bush. I know you National Socialists hate to give him the respect due to him, but it is PRESIDENT Bush. Nyah, Nyah, Nyah.

Tell you what, you show me the part of the Constitution that allows the Executive branch (administrative) -- or any part of the federal government - to develop automobiles, and I will answer your ignoorant polemic.

Or, just take this as an answer: PRESIDENT Bush does not have the Constitutional power to develop any of the things that you want the federal government to do. If you want to develop better gas mileage cars and alternative fuels, go right ahead. Just don't ask anyone else to pay for it, and do not ask the federal government to stretch the Constitution to cover whatever pet project you have this week.

Answer 4

Diesel fuel also pollutes the air. I guess you don't live in a state that has smog laws? Electric cars are too costly. One has to charge an electric car. Do you want your monthly electric bill to be $8,965 a month?

Answer 5

The Bush administration is not doing much in the area of alternative energy R&D. Some state governors, like Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty, have decided to stop waiting to the Feds to do something and are taking steps to increase the use of alternative energy and give research dollars to institutions to develop new technology.

Answer 6

It's not all his fault. There are people behind it. Also, we have our cars made by Third World people because it is cheaper for the corporations, so don't blame Bush completely for this problem. He is doing very little to cause it.

Answer 7

The US will be dead last in alternatives. The corporations own America-do you think they want something like this? The air car has licenses in a number of countries but not the US. They're also working on a generator that runs on air.

.http://www.theaircar.com/

Back in the 80s, there were cars that got better gas milege than today. Odd, isn't it?

Answer 8

wow. You guys give Bush credit for so much, yet you think he is so dumb. How can that be? You say he is stupid, yet he has time to do all these things you all post about, like he is superman.
Just out of curiosity, where do you think diesel comes from?
Do you think electric grows on trees?

Answer 9

You've GOT to be kidding me! So now on top of everything else, it's Bush's fault that auto makers aren't marketing more electirc cars to American consumers??? Is there ANYTHING you people won't blame Bush for?

Answer 10

He is not:

It must be bush's fault, right?

Someone in another country invented something, blame it on bush.

Typical liberal

WHY HASN'T THE DEMOCRAT RUN CONGRESS PROPOSED ANY TAX INCENTIVES????\

DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT CAN JUST MAKE UP RULES AS HE WISHES??????