Attempted micropbutterThe situation: 2 lane highway, limited pbutting oportunities. 2 Pbutting lanes southbound in 50 miles, unfortunately both are within 5 miles of each other...
No reason it couldn't at least theoretically. And while nuclear energy is not renewable, it's practically infinite. Therefore, the energy needed to make an automobile is negligible, if you are including powering the factory, machinery, and robots. OTOH, gas is not renewable.
The Diesel cycle is more thermodynamicly efficient. That was the whole point of Rudolf Diesel's work. The only engines that will rival that efficiency will be direct injection gasoline engines using lean mixtures, but those won't be common in the US until after the sulfur is removed from gasoline.
Not necessarily. What if I pbutt behind somebody, and there's nobody else behind that car? If I cut off somebody, big deal. They don't have a right to speed, they can be inconvenienced a little, it's part of driving. And if they give me any crap, well, I will defend myself to the best of my abilities. It's not like I go out of my way to screw over leadfoots, I'm not that type of person, but I have a right to use the left lane too.
Oh really? The EPA website says their is a human driver. They use various drivers, average their scores, and have them drive predetermined plans at various speeds. They watch a display that tells them what speed they should be driving at any given time, when they should stop, etc.
