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Since this is the 21st century heading towards the 22nd century why is the world giving opec the permission to put the financial strangle hold on itself by using crude oil,besides crude oil is so late 19th/early 20th century which practically makes it an obsolete out of date energy generating method.There are five safe alternative energy generating methods,and they are as follows:Geo-thermal,Solar,Hydro(water),wind,and natural gas.So why is no one using these methods on a global scale and release opec's financial strangle hold on the world.Also I am wondering what are these scientists,engineneers,chemists,and physcisists are doing exactly,because at least 70% of the world's energy and transportation should have been switch over to the five energy generating methods mentioned thereby ringing in the 21st century and preparing the world for the 22nd century.So what is truly going on?.And you can use nuclear energy safely by just putting lead casing around it.
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The answer to your question is very simple. The oil companies are greedy. Before oil, cars actually ran on electricity and ethanol. Today we have so many other choices, but we are just not able to make the change. The oil companies also have a big influence on the government. There used to be a law made in California, that said all vehicle producers should have at least one model of electric car available to people. The government of the United States of America (yeah it's true) JOINED the big car and oil companies, and all together they sewed(spelling?) the government of California. Also people think that they need to go a thousand kilometers per tank/charge. That is not true. An electric car that has a range of 100km (60 miles) per charge can suit the needs of most people. Think about it. I will give an example of someone I know. That person lived 30km (20 miles?) away from the place they live. That is considered a lot even in North America. When you think about it, about the only thing stopping us from switching to electricity/bio-diesel/biogas/etc. is knowledge. We can easily switch our car to ethanol or electricity. If it's a diesel (like the VW TDI series) you can easily switch to bio-diesel. We also have a lot of other options like walking, cycling, taking transit (here in Vancouver it is very eco-friendly because we have the skytrain and lots of trolleybuses and 80% of our electricity comes from hydroelectric power plants), rollerblading, skateboarding, swimming (that can happen if you live and work next to the same river/shoreline :D ) and so many other ideas that may sound very weird.
These are our 3 problems:
Oil and Automotive companies
Government
Not having knowledge.
So kids go to YouTube and look it up. It's easy as pie!
The answer to your question is very simple. The oil companies are greedy. Before oil, cars actually ran on electricity and ethanol. Today we have so many other choices, but we are just not able to make the change. The oil companies also have a big influence on the government. There used to be a law made in California, that said all vehicle producers should have at least one model of electric car available to people. The government of the United States of America (yeah it's true) JOINED the big car and oil companies, and all together they sewed(spelling?) the government of California. Also people think that they need to go a thousand kilometers per tank/charge. That is not true. An electric car that has a range of 100km (60 miles) per charge can suit the needs of most people. Think about it. I will give an example of someone I know. That person lived 30km (20 miles?) away from the place they live. That is considered a lot even in North America. When you think about it, about the only thing stopping us from switching to electricity/bio-diesel/biogas/etc. is knowledge. We can easily switch our car to ethanol or electricity. If it's a diesel (like the VW TDI series) you can easily switch to bio-diesel. We also have a lot of other options like walking, cycling, taking transit (here in Vancouver it is very eco-friendly because we have the skytrain and lots of trolleybuses and 80% of our electricity comes from hydroelectric power plants), rollerblading, skateboarding, swimming (that can happen if you live and work next to the same river/shoreline :D ) and so many other ideas that may sound very weird.
These are our 3 problems:
Oil and Automotive companies
Government
Not having knowledge.
So kids go to YouTube and look it up. It's easy as pie!
Should I buy a scion fr-s?
Q. Why or why not? If not, what else should I consider buying?
Answer
I was considering a new sports car recently so I test drove the 2013 FR-S, 2013 MX-5 Club Sport, 07 350z, Mazda RX-8, 05 Evo and STI, and the 2012 Mazdaspeed 3. I'm still in the process of testing other cars. I still have the Focus ST and VW GTI set in my sights to try out.
Here is my review of the FR-S. The electric steering surprisingly has some feel to it and it is sharp. The power is more than enough for daily driving and passing and it still feels quick. At 5'11", my head hit the rear glass window and my toes had no room to move when put under the front seat. My friend who is 5'9" fit more comfortably in the back, but his hair still touched the rear window. If you drive over a bump, his head would hit. Realistically, your passengers that sit in the back should be 5'7" or less in height.
The interior was well laid out and very ergonomic. It was obviously cheap, but designed well.
Here was one of my biggest problems. The trunk space. The width and length was fine. And the back seats fold down to create a larger trunk but the issue was the height of the trunk. You can barely fit a water bottle standing up in the trunk. I'm not even sure if a heavily packed school back would fit. A gallon of milk standing up will probably not fit unless you lay the milk sideways.
The other huge problem I had with it was the clutch in the manual transmission version. The clutch is extremely light. It is as if it does not even exist when you are pushing down on it. I hate that there is no feedback in it. It takes away from the driving experience.
The other issue was the price. It is listed around $24,600. However, dealerships are selling them for much higher prices because of the demand. The Toyota dealership I went to was asking $36,000 for the FR-S I drove. They claimed to sell one of the first ones they got for $41,000 a few months back. There is no wiggle room or haggling allowed on these cars.
Being a Toyobaru, I expect it to be a very reliable car with a good resale value and low maintenance costs. Being RWD, you cannot drive it in snow and it is slippery in rain. Toyota and Subaru made it worse by putting skinny Prius tires on the FR-S, making it slippery even on dry pavement.
Overall it is a good car for a single person with no kids and no need for a large trunk.
The best car I have test driven so far was the Mazda MX-5 Club by far. Again, it is for a single person. And the trunk is just as small as the FR-S'. But it was just so much fun to drive. I had a smile on my face during the entire test drive. And that engine loves to rev high. It is very peppy.
I was considering a new sports car recently so I test drove the 2013 FR-S, 2013 MX-5 Club Sport, 07 350z, Mazda RX-8, 05 Evo and STI, and the 2012 Mazdaspeed 3. I'm still in the process of testing other cars. I still have the Focus ST and VW GTI set in my sights to try out.
Here is my review of the FR-S. The electric steering surprisingly has some feel to it and it is sharp. The power is more than enough for daily driving and passing and it still feels quick. At 5'11", my head hit the rear glass window and my toes had no room to move when put under the front seat. My friend who is 5'9" fit more comfortably in the back, but his hair still touched the rear window. If you drive over a bump, his head would hit. Realistically, your passengers that sit in the back should be 5'7" or less in height.
The interior was well laid out and very ergonomic. It was obviously cheap, but designed well.
Here was one of my biggest problems. The trunk space. The width and length was fine. And the back seats fold down to create a larger trunk but the issue was the height of the trunk. You can barely fit a water bottle standing up in the trunk. I'm not even sure if a heavily packed school back would fit. A gallon of milk standing up will probably not fit unless you lay the milk sideways.
The other huge problem I had with it was the clutch in the manual transmission version. The clutch is extremely light. It is as if it does not even exist when you are pushing down on it. I hate that there is no feedback in it. It takes away from the driving experience.
The other issue was the price. It is listed around $24,600. However, dealerships are selling them for much higher prices because of the demand. The Toyota dealership I went to was asking $36,000 for the FR-S I drove. They claimed to sell one of the first ones they got for $41,000 a few months back. There is no wiggle room or haggling allowed on these cars.
Being a Toyobaru, I expect it to be a very reliable car with a good resale value and low maintenance costs. Being RWD, you cannot drive it in snow and it is slippery in rain. Toyota and Subaru made it worse by putting skinny Prius tires on the FR-S, making it slippery even on dry pavement.
Overall it is a good car for a single person with no kids and no need for a large trunk.
The best car I have test driven so far was the Mazda MX-5 Club by far. Again, it is for a single person. And the trunk is just as small as the FR-S'. But it was just so much fun to drive. I had a smile on my face during the entire test drive. And that engine loves to rev high. It is very peppy.
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