That’s what Feige’s saying. I don’t think there’s any racial animus to Chapek’s comment (and I don’t interpret Liu’s comment as attributing any to him). Pretty hard, however, not to see Chapek’s comment as minimizing the movie a bit and trying to cover his ass for the decision his company made, back when it looked…

Oh dear.

The issue is not electric vehicles, it’s storage of energy... Motor fuels store energy that can last long time and is distribution is plentiful. EV storage (ie batteries) is still in its infancy... lithium batteries are not hugely efficient, a very dirty production and disposal endeavour...

July 1941 was the start of gasoline and fuel oil rationing during the war.

Before World War II some Oil Companies used Feedstock to Boost Octane levels, and still other used Tetraethyl Lead to do that, although there was some lead in gasoline before that. Hush, don’t tell anybody, it is a trade secret, which the oil…

Any Manhattan resident knows that lovely green band in the sunsets, thanks to that refinery sprawl

Great article, however (and sorry to be that guy) Mountain Landis became commissioner after the Black Sox scandal.

Fred helped make Stalin strong and his sons helped Putin. Were his conservative views a cover to help turn the US into a socialist state.

I don’t think everybody was happy about 1859 back then.

Buna-N and Urethane rubbers are common in gasoline usage and are not compatible with ethanol. Stop spouting the BS that all rubber is immune to ethanol. Hell, not all rubbers are immune from water.

This article reminds me why I liked Automobile Magazine so much.  

YES, YES, YES!! No slideshows.

It’s almost like our major corporations are just in it for money or something. 

What’s that saying?

Why am I still pending approval?

I hope they aren’t paying you by the word.

So happy to see Kitman writing and here!

Terrific article!  I hope the author is still enjoying his Elise.

I’d suggest checking out some videos from avweb.com.

Very interesting. Similar to the Lithium in drinking water hypothesis!

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