I think it's sad that in the last 37 years from the foreshadowing of the 70's gas wars this is the best we can do. Fossil fuel engines should have been replaced by hydrogen or some other REAL alternative. Regardless, people and politics aside, here we are. RIGHT now while we are in the Miles per gallon standard. I've rented diesels in Europe for the last four years. 50 mpg is standard without breaking a sweat. With a Jetta or Fiat that is a full size car with plenty of power. Presently, diesels are breaking the 80 mpg barrier and are becoming very popular in Australia as an import. Because Europeans who have dealt with this problem for many more decades than us see it as a viable high MPG al...

I think it's sad that in the last 37 years from the foreshadowing of the 70's gas wars this is the best we can do. Fossil fuel engines should have been replaced by hydrogen or some other REAL alternative. Regardless, people and politics aside, here we are. RIGHT now while we are in the Miles per gallon standard. I've rented diesels in Europe for the last four years. 50 mpg is standard without breaking a sweat. With a Jetta or Fiat that is a full size car with plenty of power. Presently, diesels are breaking the 80 mpg barrier and are becoming very popular in Australia as an import. Because Europeans who have dealt with this problem for many more decades than us see it as a viable high MPG alternative with use of diesel at around 45%. Where as the US is at around 3-4%. VW did not import a single diesel into the US in 2006. America is missing a huge opportunity to get us over this fuel hump to find something better. We (USA) may find ourselves over the barrel and in a more vulnerable position than we every were in the early 70's if we don't start using the intellect that God gave us.