09-24-2021, 05:10 AM
Speedy wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
Is the NASCAR camping world Truck series going to switch to turbo V6 engines?
I think most hybrids/PHEVs are fine. Once a vehicle gets over 38 - 40 mpg, it takes a really huge step to make a significant improvement in carbon reduction.
In a single use case but not in the aggregate.
I think it would be so even in aggregate. The US fleet average is 24,9 mpg, but that is for new cars sold not the average for vehicles currently driven. Raising the average to 40 mpg for all vehicles driven would cut gasoline consumption by almost half. That would be down to about 5,000,000 bpd from 9,500,000 bpd. The only way to cut it a similar amount would be to ban nearly all gas powered engines (heavy-duty trucks, home generators, boats, lawnmowers, ATVs, etc.).