Why 100 MPG is Significant

There are many reasons we want to reduce the amount of gas our cars and trucks burn.  Putting aside alternative fuels for the moment, simply increasing fuel efficiency is one way to achieve that goal.  To that end, 100 MPG might be the magic number -- a tough, worthy and meaningful goal.  Here's why...

Today's US consumer vehicle fleet averages about 21 miles per gallon (MPG). 

Increasing to 50 MPG represents a 60% increase in fuel savings over today's average.  In other words, for every 100 miles you travel, you would use 2 gallons of gas instead of 5 gallons.  Don't get me wrong... a fleet average of 50 MPG would be fantastic.  Today there are cars on the market that meet or exceed that standard, but they're the exception to the rule.  We need to set the bar higher.

Increasing to 100 MPG represents a whopping 80% increase in fuel savings over today's average.  Or, for every 100 miles you travel, you would use just 1 gallon of gas instead of 5 gallons.  That's an average 10% gain in fuel savings for every 10 MPG in fuel efficiency.  Now we're talking!

But why stop there? 200 MPG sounds a lot better, right?  Or, how about 500 MPG?  Not exactly.  Now we enter into the world of diminishing returns for increased MPG (see chart below).

At 200 MPG, we see a 90% increase in fuel savings over today's average.  So, to get an additional 10% increase in fuel savings over 100 MPG, we've had to DOUBLE fuel efficiency.  The costs simply get too high, and things like safety and affordability go out the window. 

At 500 MPG, we see a 96% increase in fuel savings.  That's a 300 MPG increase for 6% savings.  Okay, you get the picture.

Comments

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[Robert Bley]

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[John Doe]

I'm almost afraid to post too much information on this subject, but it appears to me that most of these explorations into drastically increasing fossil fuel mileage and electric car technology is senseless. One of the most powerful and yet abundant resouces on this planet is water. A majority of the internet would like to make people think that powering a hydrogen cell that produces hydrogen from water requires too many amps and has to build up a great deal pressure. This is false, with simply a couple amps you can make a hydrogen cell produce as its needed; with a pulsating current. Other issues such as fuel tempature, and corrosion can easily be addressed. The fact is that this technology isn't new; since the 70's people have been able run four stoke, and other various engines off of this techology. But yet there are no major universities studying this, and the people that have applied for patents have been told to go away, stop, have had labs broken into and research materials stolen, and some have dissappeared. The main problem with electric cars is getting people to understand that they don't need a long range vehicle for every day travel; but good luck with poeple on that one. The other issues with electic cars is the national charging infrastructure it would require, and the fact that the current battery technolgy is trickle charge, therefore batteries would have to be interchangable at a station, much like a propane tank. And the other problem with electic is that no matter how far the technology goes, automakers will never support it because there is no way to make nearly the amount of money on parts; because and electric motor goes until it just doesn't any more. In fact we have no idea how long the EV1 electric cars would have lasted because automakers pulled the cars off the streets. A hydrogen water cell would be a great compromise for automakers. Same motors, with profits still to be made from sevice and interchangable parts. People need to stop looking for corporate auto makers to come to the rescue; it simply won't happen. What needs to happen is for people to say "fine, if you're not going to utilize technology, we will." Thousands of people around the world are silenting using this technology due to fear. The playing field for inventors and scientists is not level, and as a country that's suppose to be founded on great ideas this is very troubling. Also, I would like to comment that my opinions are not only derived from what I read, but from my research and experimentation. I hope these comments will make people think twice when investigating HHO, and not fall into the pit fall of negitivity about the subject that you largly encouner on the internet; but hey, anything that's signigant isn't going to be easy to find.