Comments on: No U.S.-made car meets China fuel standards http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/25/no-us-made-car-meets-china-fuel-standards/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Uncle B http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/25/no-us-made-car-meets-china-fuel-standards/#comment-10084 Uncle B Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:47:14 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/25/no-us-made-car-meets-china-fuel-standards/#comment-10084 Our cars are deliberately designed to extract as much money as possible from our wallets. Read "The Waste Makers", an older book, but once popular, by Vance Packard. Our cars are built to last for their payment cycle, with built in "faults" that will extract even more $ from you over their short lifetime. Out the factory door, they just meet the minimum legal requirements, and the companies efficiency experts are paid to assure this. In a commie system however . . . Our cars are deliberately designed to extract as much money as possible from our wallets. Read “The Waste Makers”, an older book, but once popular, by Vance Packard. Our cars are built to last for their payment cycle, with built in “faults” that will extract even more $ from you over their short lifetime. Out the factory door, they just meet the minimum legal requirements, and the companies efficiency experts are paid to assure this. In a commie system however . . .

]]> By: Vance Wagner http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/25/no-us-made-car-meets-china-fuel-standards/#comment-10013 Vance Wagner Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:58:51 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/25/no-us-made-car-meets-china-fuel-standards/#comment-10013 This is very interesting. I wonder where the reporter got the dataset(s) from? Off the top of my head, you would need to combine three datasets: 1) FE; 2) weight (these two would tell you which vehicles meet China's standards); and 3) assembly location. Presumably he pulled this quote from a research paper, but I haven't seen it yet. Any ideas what paper? This is very interesting. I wonder where the reporter got the dataset(s) from? Off the top of my head, you would need to combine three datasets: 1) FE; 2) weight (these two would tell you which vehicles meet China’s standards); and 3) assembly location. Presumably he pulled this quote from a research paper, but I haven’t seen it yet. Any ideas what paper?

]]> By: Jay Alt http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/25/no-us-made-car-meets-china-fuel-standards/#comment-9999 Jay Alt Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:44:51 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/25/no-us-made-car-meets-china-fuel-standards/#comment-9999 We should be able make a car with much better fuel efficiency. But as Gore found, this particular analogy may not have legs. The China should also be able design products that aren't dangerous to the health of the buy and their own workers - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118651314364590719.html We should be able make a car with much better fuel efficiency. But as Gore found, this particular analogy may not have legs.

The China should also be able design products that aren’t dangerous to the health of the buy and their own workers –
http://online.wsj.com/ article/ SB118651314364590719.html

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