Oil Prices Jump from 50 to $100 / barrel

[Shotgun!]

Smokey Yunick had a water vapor motor in the 60's but the big 3 made sure it wouldn't see the light of day in a production vehicle.

If companies wanted something besides petrol burning cars to sell they would already be making them.

Holy crap! I didn't think anyone here would know about the subject. Smokey also had a pair of 3 cyl. reverse turbo engines. They were good for 45mpg and made 300hp. I might be off with that mileage but I know they were 300hp. There were also evaporative carbs that can make a full size Cadillac get 75mpg. The evaporative carb had been in use since the 1920s. Every time someone goes to patent something on the subject, Exxon or one of the others buys it and locks it away.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Smokey Yunick had a water vapor motor in the 60's but the big 3 made sure it wouldn't see the light of day in a production vehicle.

If companies wanted something besides petrol burning cars to sell they would already be making them.
Is that the guy that made the Fiero that used exhaust gas to warm up the fuel before going into the carbs? I heard that thing got 50-60 mpg too.

[JET]

Uh oh, now we are going to see a jump in oil prices!! The pipeline coming from Canada just burst into flames and will likely be down at least 3 days. It brings in 20% of the crude to the US and basically all of it to the midwest. It blew in clearwater county MN. Go fill up your cars quick before the prices jump!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/bs_nm/enbridge_fire_dc

[Goat Blower]

Yeah, but there's no great demand right now and worldwide oil prices have been dropping significantly. I can't see that this will make much of a dent.