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Old 07-31-2011, 10:13 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by speede5 View Post
However all those vehicles were made specificaly for the NA market, and would not even exist otherwise.

Generally, the entire world uses vehicles to do a job, and they care about nothing more than the vehicles ability to do the job. In NA, it is all about comfort, style, power, all components which use more energy to produce and make vehicles less efficient. This metality is trickling into other cultures but the US love affair with the automobile alone is to blame for the mass of inefficient vehicles on the road.
Good grief. All first world countries care about comfort.

In regards to hydrogen, it's currently net-negative power consumption to create. What advances do people see that will change that?
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