Forum Post: Question Re:Oil and the corporate world
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 19, 2011, 9:58 a.m. EST by jvc57
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Can anyone explain to me why the cost of oil always goes up right before the summer and right before a major holiday and if we are in these product rich countries and dedicate BILLIONS of dollars to there country why cant the cost of gas be $2bucks a gallon and what ever happened to the plan that GM had on the water running car they created in the 80's????
Hi all here is the site was called the GM Hy-wire auto very interesting
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1324927/gm_hy_wire_car_that_runs_on_hydrogen/
I remember someone sending me a Video of a British Show demo'ing in the 80's a GM car that ran on Water and tailpipe smelled like a clothes dryer as they explained. and you can change the shell of the car to be a pickup a van etc then I heard GM destroyed the plans Trying to find the Video will post if successful
if you could really and truly do this feasible today the automotive companies would have no reason why not to build cars that simply "ran on water"
Actually, GM had invented a 100% electric car in the 90's for California's smog issues. It was called The EV. It could reach speeds over 70 m.ph. and exceed distances of over 200 miles.
But Bush and Congress in the early 2000's passed tax incentives on gas guzzling vehicles which increased sales on Trailblazers, Hummers, etc. The EV was not only taken off the lease market but they demanded every one of them back from their customers to be destroyed. Only one remains buried in some storage garage.
That electric car would have been way ahead of the pack these days but now (as usual), GM plays catch up to its competitors.
as much as you'd like to say that, the car simply wasn't viable at the time. here we are many years later and more intelligent and the new ones hardly seem economically viable - even after the government is going to favor and subsidize them with my taxpayer money.
I absolutely agree. If the demand at the time wasn't on a national level, it isn't feasable to commit to the design. However, government tax incentives did steer consumers focus even though their was and still is a smog issue in Southern California.