Honda, Toyota etc are selling in the U.S. because people buy them, If people stopped buying LLBean and started buying Jap clothing, LLBean would go under as well. Honda, Toyota parts and even their cars are made here, they provide jobs for the locals and all is well with them. However. If instead people would buy Ford, Chrysler, GM then that plant that sprung up would say Ford, GM or Chrysler on the front door and the Jap cars would be hurting. UAW is the biggest problem for Auto makers, no one in their right mind would open an auto plant in Michigan, instead they are being opened in "Right to work" states.
The feds need to make all states "right to work" states or all states UAW states, Make the playing field equal.
All government vehicles should be running on LNG or CNG. 75 miles per gallon with a gas engine is not going to happen, no matter what technology is used. A Gas engine needs from 12 to 15 parts of air for every part of fuel. It makes no differents how that is achieved, Through a carburetor, or Fuel injection, or any other means, if the fuel mixture is not in those parameters , it will not run. 100 MPG carburetors is just a myth.
The answer is get more oil out of our ground, build new refineries, and pour money into other flammable liquid research like Hydrogen, or alcohol.
Ron
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