kortenbach (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Please EU, introduce a new class for this kind of super-economical cars (something like A++) and raise the bonus for buying ! This is the future ! 2000 euro bonus should be the minimum !

Stormsvale (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Back to your sun spot point. This hypothesis has been deemed implausible in journals such as nature and Science by scientists who have won the nobel prize and were not paid by big oil. So edify guy please get all the info before edifying us. As for the car, I will buy one as soon as I can. Great idea and even if there is lots of oil! Better to keep the nest clean for our kids!!

jpbalkenende (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeah cept that... Gas is more expensive here. And mass transit isn't THAT convenient. In fact the Bike beats mass transit here in NL like 9/10 times here for short trips (actually bikes work great here they beat out cars 8/10 times as well).Anyway if only you Americans would buy these things instead of useless trucks and SUVs then maybe I'd agree to let you guys have it first.

c0c0asauce (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

global warming isnt a hoax...if it was then half the reason for this car and all alternative fuel sources would be gone(the enviorment)

wellyes (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Who cares whether we're technically at peak oil? The speculators are driving the price of fuel astronomically and the market is demanding alternatives. The problem is that government lobbyists and big industry are largely impeding the growth of such technology. Is that a free market principle? I think not.

royalewihcheese (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I would buy one, for US use if it comes out here. It makes no sense to bring it out in the EU first, where things are closer together and mass transit is great, as opposed to the US, where steeply rising gas prices are forcing a huge "green" shift (Prius outsold the Explorer last year, etc).

dou40006 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The announcement of this Brazil oil deposit is not confirmed yet, it is an uncontroled leak of information not secured. Plus it is a 30 billions barrels deposit at best, barely one year of world consumption, so not that huge. THe truth is that oil company have spent 100billions $US these 5 past years to find oil and the discoveries have been very deceptives, so don't dream to much on discoveries of new Saoudia any time soon.

edifyguy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Conservation is good, no argument there. And if people like this car, go for it. BUT.....I am not sure we're as close to peak oil as you (and many others) think.....they just hit a huge oil deposit off Brazil's coast this week, and we know where many similar deposits are. At the moment, YES, it makes sense to use buried carbon to fuel our vehicles, because it's STILL the cheapest, most plentiful energy available. Technology will replace it, in time, but it hasn't yet, and shouldn't be mandated

Bogt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes there will be an E-Loremo! :-)

speakupforjustice (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

one step at a time now...this is really cheap when you compare it to EVs and hybrids, it cost only $13,000 which means you can have a bigger impact in decreasing global warming since more people could afford it and it will still decrease our dependence on foreign oil..but yes if this was EV it could probably go another 100 mpg or more meaning over 250 mpg!