Do you think more cars should be manufactured to be more fuel efficiant and or flex/fuel?

Question

also should more stations sell flex fuel..in our area we only have one gas company selling flexfuel

Answer 1

I would like to see a law effective within the next 12-18 months that will require auto manufacturer's to produce 2 alternative fuel cars for every 1 gasoline operated vehicle.

In conjunction with that, gasoline cars should be required to attain 30 plus miles per gallon, guaranteed. Not just 1 car in some test center, but all cars.

However, I don't believe this issue will be resolved until the lobbyist are kicked out of the capital. Members of congress are influenced too much by lobbyist.

Answer 2

flex fuel for sure.

Answer 3

yes, but both fuel and vehicle needs to bo affordable and available for the average consumer

Answer 4

Yes, and car manufactures are now realizing it.  The American companies are still a few years behind the foreign.  However, many company's such as Ford are just making lighter cars with less horsepower to get better gas mileage.  I really believe flex/fuel is not the answer.  What we will save on fuel we will pay else where for high priced consumer items that use Corn.  The American car companies need to focus on hybrid rather than flex fuel.  Whatever the answer is, America needs to become less dependant on oil from country's who hate the US.

Answer 5

The mixture of E85 runs off around 85% ethanol. There is still a lot of opinions on how much better this fuel source is some people suggest it may actually take more energy to create E85. E85 cannot be carried by the same gasoline pipeline system. So it is transported by train, boat and truck however the more car company's that produce flex fuel vehicles, the more you will see fuel centers accommodate E85 into their pumps in your area. GM Seems to by focusing there efforts on electric cars and they have at least one pro-to type i know of that they are working to release in 2010. That is supposed to get equivalent to 150 mph to the gallon don't ask me how they did the math since the car is suppose to be completely electric and cutting edge technology.  But if they can produce a super car like that I'll wait my turn in line either way i think the more options we have such as E85, electric, and gasoline the better off we are  we need to create newer teconolgy that we can sell to other countries just to help our own economy.

Answer 6

"Flex fuel"...I am not sure of the term but if you are talking ethanol it is a political scam for various reasons...one, many suppliers have been using I believe up to 20% for years and ethanol produced from agriculture has been rumoured to cost too much to produce because of farms cost in dollars and emissions...has anyone really considered how long the land will support this use and what cost it will be to the food supply when it becomes more advantageous to produce crops for fuel...one example of a potential environmental disaster brewing is the plan to grow a genetically modified eucalyptus tree in California and allow it to flower and seed because it is good for fuel...Now, if you are talking about gas/electric cars?...well I tend to lean toward fuel efficient vehicles, I get 50 miles to the gallon, than buying multi fueled vehicles that do rely on artificially produced substances...electricity and gas...so while it may produce some of its own power is it just as damaging as my 50 MPG car...if government were genuinely serious about the reduction of consumption, why do they not set a time when all huge gas guzzlers will no longer be produced?...as long as Hummer et are on the roads, the government is not showing it has goals..anyway, I have babbled on too much and will watch for some constructive answers to a very good question.

Answer 7

Yes, We need to find alternative fuels that don't pollute. Maybe investigating the fuel cell more.

Answer 8

Ah, if only I ruled the world.

Before I would worry about flex fuel, I would mandate that all passenger vehicles get at least 25 MPG.  Not corporate average, but each and every vehicle.  Maybe even 30 MPG.

No letting Al Gore drive a 10 MPG car and claim that it is OK because he bought a friend a 50 MPG hybrid.  Nope, I want him to get at least 25 MPG too PLUS I want the hybrid.    

Want to drive a huge SUV?  Fine,  but it has to get at least 25 MPG.  But that would require a small engine!!  Horrors.  So learn to drive a stick shift to get more power to the wheels instead of losing it to an automatic transmission, forget the power windows, and go 0 to 60 in 20 seconds instead of 10.  Not so big a sacrifice after all, is it?

We would save more in fuel costs and consumption by eliminating low mileage vehicles and raising minimum fuel economy standards than we will ever save by producing ethanol.  That is scientific fact.  I wish it were otherwise.

Answer 9

yes to both  otherwise we will be stuck paying there price more competion for flex fuel might bring the price down even more

Answer 10

Absolutely to both questions. We need to be less dependent on foreign oil and more dependent on what the US can do for themselves. Manufacturing fuel efficient vehicles and/or alternative fuel vehicles is one way we can do this.

Answer 11

LOL. And they say there's no such thing as a stupid question.

No, we need more fuel wasting cars. [Does that make sense? NO!]

No, we need to limit the types of fuels to the most expensive possible. [Again, does that make ANY sense???]

No, stations shouldn't sell flex fuels. That would give people more options. Can't have that!

Why do people even ASK questions like this???