Wisconsin--
a potential "hub of quality", a place where cheap products like thumb-tacks are hard to make( high labor costs), but a great place to manufacture the very best product, of any kind--
i believe the reality of America, truly is, that "we can't make junk"...but we pay our employees well, and for this reason, we can obtain levels of quality not available elsewhere...and that by "embracing the high-end" of the manufacturing spectrum, both Wisconsin, and America, in it's entirety, can go back to work...making the highest quality goods on the market--
as an example, in Janesville Wisconsin, there is a closed factory, for making GM cars...and GM's "chevy volt" is soon to grace the roadways of this world, i feel the "volt" will be a ground-breaking vehicle( that is both needed, and desirable), perhaps the "volt" could be made there, and the batteries that power it, produced here in Madison( as i recall, Rayovac was located here for a time)??...
note--
yes, i am exited about the "volt", and other vehicles of it's kind( as i am a serious "HMV" fan...the old "free-way" in particular), it could be, that the potential for great solutions, to America's many problems, are there--
"usage"--
i suggest, that if a gallon of gas yields more miles( from better mpg of vehicle), then it's value is equal, to the same gas sold in 1963( lower mpg yield from vehicle, but lower cost of gas)..."at the end of the day", the "usage", or "total units sold", is what counts, in 1963 it cost a dime to get a gallon of gas, and America drove everywhere( at some movie theaters, i hear you didn't even have to get out of the car??)--
i feel this shows, that if cars get better mileage, people will drive them more, a lot more, thus "usage" will be higher, and at a much greater "price-point" for the vendors, as the ten million barrels sold a day, in 1963, at 10 cents, will be the ten million barrels per day, we sell today...at $3.50 per gallon, instead of 10 cents--
the heart of the matter--
for the sellers of gas, usage is the bottom line, but, higher usage is also good for America's economy, and the rest of the auto world( the more miles you drive, the faster the parts will wear out, the more often the car will require service, or the faster a new car will be needed, ect...)--
this higher mpg would also reduce emissions per car, as well as "unite the country", due to the great distance between the two coasts of our nation, currently being a barrier, for many whom might otherwise explore our borders( i love to travel)--
flex-fueling stations( the future of the gas station)--
also of note, i really see the electric part of "hybrids", and even "plug-ins", as another thing we put in the car to make it go farther, no different than a finer grade of oil, or a better grade of gas, that increases the vehicle's mileage, and that the future of the gas station, is to become a "flex-fueling station", where they will offer "quick-charges", for "hybrids", and other "plug-ins", that work the same as the gas pump dispensers, but dispense electricity instead( making them the same money, or "price point", as gasoline...for dispensing it), we like things quick in America( no waiting for ten hours to charge here)--
economic benefits of "flex fueling stations"/higher gas mileage--
in the past, when people had free-time, they would take "day-trips" to see the sights, "road-trips" to see America, and so forth, when they got there, and along the way, they spent money( perhaps in your town), thus "spreading the wealth"( money), throughout the nation( if you could go to "Mt Rush-more" for 100 bucks, at 10 cents a gallon in 1963, and for the same 100 bucks today, at 3.50 a gallon, due to increased gas mileage, the results are equal...the person makes the trip)...i feel these will be the results of the "HMV" becoming "mainstream"--
standardization( of all fuels)--
regardless of the fuel, in most countries, the quality of the fuel being sold, must be both standardized, and regulated, for this reason...i feel that, even if cars ran on water, the type of water, and it's special colour( to verify it's quality, and grade), would be regulated, and only available from an authorized merchant, to assure quality standards( i believe "Loyds of london", began testing the quality of ale on the other side of the pond, a while back, for similar reasons)...
the point--
so, some day, i think there will be a pump for each of the possible fuels( the most popular fuel at the time, will have the most pumps), but where the fuel is dispensed, will not change, and that the place we go( the "flex-fueling station"), to obtain validated, and standardized, grades of fuel, will remain a constant--
best wishes... john kruschke--
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