I am sure the technology is out there or at least close.

you honestly can't tell me that cars have not been able to truly increase gas mileage over the past 40 years...VW diesel bugs still get just as good of gas mileage as the new Jetta TDI.
I know more factors go into it such as emissions and weight and size of the vehicle but still. A truck from the 80's can still get damn near the same MPG as a new truck today.
You would think by now all cars would be getting in the 30+ range and trucks that got under 20 MPG would be few and far between.

I think a lot of it has to do with the oil companies paying the manufacturers or buying into them to keep MPG down so the oil companies make more money. Pretty simple concept: you sell 1 vehicle to a person on average every 7 years, but you sell them 2000 gallons of gas in that same time with a lot higher profit margin.
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I am sure the technology is out there or at least close.

you honestly can't tell me that cars have not been able to truly increase gas mileage over the past 40 years...VW diesel bugs still get just as good of gas mileage as the new Jetta TDI.
I know more factors go into it such as emissions and weight and size of the vehicle but still. A truck from the 80's can still get damn near the same MPG as a new truck today.
You would think by now all cars would be getting in the 30+ range and trucks that got under 20 MPG would be few and far between.

I think a lot of it has to do with the oil companies paying the manufacturers or buying into them to keep MPG down so the oil companies make more money. Pretty simple concept: you sell 1 vehicle to a person on average every 7 years, but you sell them 2000 gallons of gas in that same time with a lot higher profit margin.

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I am sure the technology is out there or at least close.

you honestly can't tell me that cars have not been able to truly increase gas mileage over the past 40 years...VW diesel bugs still get just as good of gas mileage as the new Jetta TDI.
I know more factors go into it such as emissions and weight and size of the vehicle but still. A truck from the 80's can still get damn near the same MPG as a new truck today.
You would think by now all cars would be getting in the 30+ range and trucks that got under 20 MPG would be few and far between.

I think a lot of it has to do with the oil companies paying the manufacturers or buying into them to keep MPG down so the oil companies make more money. Pretty simple concept: you sell 1 vehicle to a person on average every 7 years, but you sell them 2000 gallons of gas in that same time with a lot higher profit margin.

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JER...the first one is my original post, the second is where toubleco quoted me and the third is where you quoted me.

you say I edited my post after you said I failed. read all three again and tell me where that was.
your failure to read everything and then attacking me was uncalled for.

you can apologize now.