Gates To Spend Billion Of Own Money For Energy Program

[Campbell]

I think Silicon Valley has driver-less cars close to becoming commercially viable. They will be a game-changer in decreasing fossil fuel consumption. Huge reductions are possible with larger platoons drafting with tighter spacing between vehicles. Driver-less cars connected to the traffic light system could communicate with an upcoming light and have it stay green or change to green, so that you could maintain cruising speed and optimal fuel efficiency. The computer can use hypermiling, which focuses on maximizing fuel efficiency through driving techniques. Hypermiling enthusiasts push the limits of their vehicles’ mpg. For example, one driver on hypermiling site is coaxing more than 86 mpg out of a 1988 Honda Civic, besting its EPA rating by close to 175 percent. This will also greatly increase the range & longevity of batteries in all electric cars.

Today's cars & trucks have self drive parking, auto steering, backup warning, collision avoidance, anti-skid braking & steering, Adaptive Cruise Control, lane-departure warning systems, real time positioning, tracking & communication etc. It's a short gap to download software converting them into self driving or driver-less vehicles that can more than double current MPG's.

We just need to increase the EPA mileage mandate standards to push this technology into the mainstream. Places like China have mileage standards that are 10 MPG higher than ours. This is why the USA can't export our gas guzzlers anywhere.

Here's all but the newest five of my life time cars. I put this together for my grandsons:

Led by Gates, about 20 private business leaders have signed on to the initiative, making their pledges conditional on governments also pledging more money, said a former U.S. government official who is familiar with the plan.

Conditional on big brother raping the populace for bs projects...cant thank ya enough Bill.....btw how did US meet its Kyoto goals while nobody else has......perhaps thats worth copying eh

Most Right Wingers don't understand that most projects which benefit all of America would never get done without government. They think all taxes should be cut and the poor and ordinary should just either move or starve to death.

Fine talking points and nothing more ya got there

LOL!

 

[imawhosure]

I am excited for Gates. It is how it is supposed to be.......someone invests money, if the idea works, they get rich. In Gates case, he gets richer! As long as his ideas vie for position in a free market, I have no problem with what he is doing and wish him well. It is when the government PICKS the winner and losers that we as a country lose. And so, we must watch closely to insure that Gates gets no fed (tax/our) money.

 

[KissMy]

I am excited for Gates. It is how it is supposed to be.......someone invests money, if the idea works, they get rich. In Gates case, he gets richer! As long as his ideas vie for position in a free market, I have no problem with what he is doing and wish him well. It is when the government PICKS the winner and losers that we as a country lose. And so, we must watch closely to insure that Gates gets no fed (tax/our) money.

Supply Side, Reaganomics, Bankruptcies & Bailouts are government picking winners & losers!

 

[KissMy]

I think Silicon Valley has driver-less cars close to becoming commercially viable. They will be a game-changer in decreasing fossil fuel consumption. Huge reductions are possible with larger platoons drafting with tighter spacing between vehicles. Driver-less cars connected to the traffic light system could communicate with an upcoming light and have it stay green or change to green, so that you could maintain cruising speed and optimal fuel efficiency. The computer can use hypermiling, which focuses on maximizing fuel efficiency through driving techniques. Hypermiling enthusiasts push the limits of their vehicles’ mpg. For example, one driver on hypermiling site is coaxing more than 86 mpg out of a 1988 Honda Civic, besting its EPA rating by close to 175 percent. This will also greatly increase the range & longevity of batteries in all electric cars.

Today's cars & trucks have self drive parking, auto steering, backup warning, collision avoidance, anti-skid braking & steering, Adaptive Cruise Control, lane-departure warning systems, real time positioning, tracking & communication etc. It's a short gap to download software converting them into self driving or driver-less vehicles that can more than double current MPG's.

We just need to increase the EPA mileage mandate standards to push this technology into the mainstream. Places like China have mileage standards that are 10 MPG higher than ours. This is why the USA can't export our gas guzzlers anywhere.

I know, it is good advancement. But those things obey the laws. Can you go back to driving open interstate at 55 or 65 MPH? takes forever to get anywhere.

Quite the contrary! Stopping just to refuel, traffic jams, construction zones & crashes will be virtually non-existent getting us there much faster at 60 MPH than people trying to drive at occasional higher speeds. Plus speed limits can be raised to 60 MPH in cities because safety will increase. Stopping at traffic lights will be a thing of the past. Just imagine breaks & transmissions lasting the lifetime of the vehicle without maintenance & tires going much further.

 

[Stephanie]

Led by Gates, about 20 private business leaders have signed on to the initiative, making their pledges conditional on governments also pledging more money, said a former U.S. government official who is familiar with the plan.

Conditional on big brother raping the populace for bs projects...cant thank ya enough Bill.....btw how did US meet its Kyoto goals while nobody else has......perhaps thats worth copying eh

Most Right Wingers don't understand that most projects which benefit all of America would never get done without government. They think all taxes should be cut and the poor and ordinary should just either move or starve to death.

yeah right. you swallowed Obambams you "didn't build that" by yourself BS, but that just isn't REAL LIFE

 

[Spinster]

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