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With all the advancement in technology and science, it is a shame that we don’t spend more time (and of course, money) on renewable energy, which is energy generated from natural resources. Since the recent price increase in traditional energy sources you are probably looking for good information on renewable energy solutions. Rising prices of oil, gas, electricity, and other fossil fuels has led to increase interest in the development of alternative sources of energy, ranging from fuel cell, hydrogen fuel, biomethanol, solar energy, wind energy, biodiesel, and many more.
Yea, I’m partial to that Tesla and the Iceni. I’m also glad the CCX made it onto the list. The eco-friendly version gets more power and better fuel economy than the other versions.
See also Top Gear’s awesome review of it: youtube.com/watch?v=AJW0RHPFGLg
First off, it’s the Koenigsegg CCX is a V8 with *two* Superchargers – fuel economy isn’t a word that can even be associated with the car. Second, the reason the “eco-friendly version” (it’s actually the same version with a different tune) can make nearly several more hundred HP is because biodiesel has a higher octane rating, which allows them to crank up the timing and or boost on the superchargers. Trust me, a 1000 HP engine running on biodiesel does not get better mileage than the same engine running at 800 HP on US pump gas.Still, sick car – I want. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenigsegg_CCX
“big oil” doesn’t care if you buy any of these. They have NOTHING to worry, since the “average joe” wouldn’t be able to AFFORDthem anyway. Buried as inaccurate.
Actually, not so much working right now.
Did anybody else mirror? I’d really like to read this.
Working mirror: fastwallpapers.com.nyud.net:8080/blog/?p=7
Not exactly sure how these high performance cars count as green? They’re still chewing excessive amounts of fuel – as discussed above. The Tesla is legitimately on the list, and I reckon would be an awesome car to own. The others? Lots of money to spend for good (not great) performance and arguably average fuel economy! If you want to save a few bucks and still go fast, buy a damn motorcycle. $10k and you’re doing 0-100km/h (0-60mph) in 3 seconds or less, and using about 6L/100km. Still green, too. :p
Totally. I would love to test drive one of those Tesla Roadsters or Koeniseggs.
Lotus Exige 265E I choose you!!!
I’d go for t CCXR, I read a review recently in the britsh magazine Top Gear (not on the oh-so-popular TV show yet!) when they tested it on a dyno to get the true power! If memory serves me correclty they got it to 1050BHP and they where still below the redline on the car and the tech on the dyno then backed off as he was afraid the car might break his test rig!
Go Tesla
I wonder how the editor came up with this list. The Porsche is not “green” per say, you can get a Corvette that does 18/28 MPG, it also can run on E85, why isn’t the Corvette on there then? Seems the editor just did a pick a chose and more geared towards a bias.
Because Corvettes are ugly.
A matter of opinion. I find corvettes to be extremely beautiful, and among Lotuses, the only sports cars that look good in any color.
You are aware that by “green” they meant environmentally friendly and not the color green, right? Your opinion has nothing to do with the former and might suggest the latter.
Because at least in the 911 turbo, if it was in downtown LA, or some other heavily polluted city, the air coming out of the exhaust, is cleaner then the air being sucked into the engine.
And in the other 99.9% of the world, it isn’t.Biased list. Buried.
My Vette gets 32 mph on the Highway. 19 city. (6 spd manual) Way more roomy and comfortable than a Porsche. Way more affordable than any of the others on that BS list.
I thought Corvettes were faster than that. Are you pushing down on the pedal all the way?
It’s “per se”. Digg me down for being pedantic, but I’m just trying to help you not look like an idiot next time you try to use sophisticated language.
This is the dumbest thing I’ve read all day. Porsche is green because it get’s a mpg rating in the 20’s?
what about the Koenigsegg CCXR. there is no way you can call that thing green.
Yeah but it uses bio-ethanol fuel which is at least “greener” than the competition.
Their giving them away for the price of a Civic, and “bio-ethanol” is available on every street corner!/NOT!
any car that can make that kind of compression can run alcohol
It’s 20s, not 20’s.
You need a laxative.
Actually, it’s 20’s. Numbers and letters are designated as plural by an apostrophe-s. This holds true for individual digits (1’s, 2’s) as well as full numbers (20’s, 10294’s) and individual letters (A’s, Z’s) as well as acronyms (LOL’s, RTFM’s) and spelled-out letter sequences (S-T-F-U’s, N-E-W-B’s).
I think it depends on the writing style. It is correct to write 20s or 30s. I believe it is actually outdated to use the apostrophe except as a possessive or contraction.
You are a sad little *****.
@qtip42Porsche is one of the more green manufacturers. from using replaceable oil filter inserts (instead of disposable oil filters) to setting a targeted goal of reducing each models’ emissions by 3% every model year. to being one of the first manufacturers to not only fit Catalytic Converters voluntarily on their cars, but also using them in their 944 Turbo race cars to prove that you can win and spew less emissions.
E85 is NOT good for the environment! Gasoline leaves fewer chemicals in the air.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85#Life_cycle_impact_of_E85_on_greenhouse_gas_emissions”It should be pointed out though, that many of these concerns are derived from studies by a single author (Pimentel) which have been rebutted by several reports.[3][4] Pimentel’s argument, for example, is based on long-outdated technology, understates the energy costs of refining and transporting petroleum fuels, and neglects to account for the energy value of the byproducts of the ethanol production process, including that of the high protein cattle feed.”
I have to say it, but I hate wiki links. Still thinking E85 is just a smoke screen against better technologies.
e85 is great for its octane rating, however it does result in lower mileage.
among other things, ethanol contains half the chemical potential energy as gasoline…so you need twice as much to do the same job.
DUMBEST thing in the world. Taking a staple FOOD crop and turning it into a fuel. Plus it (at current technology) takes MORE energy to produce it into fuel, than the benefits it gives. This whole corn/ethanol is a bunch of BS just to boost the price of corn. If they were SERIOUS about producing something into fuel, why not plant something that every kid under the age of 12 would be happy to give up. SUGAR BEETS! Turn them into fuel. I think Brazil or some other south American country started this after the FIRST so called oil shortage in the 70’s, and now they are completely independent of “big oil”. And their gas is less than a buck a gallon.
Because when I go drop $150K on a sports car, I really want to know what the mpg is!!
If you’re not a douchebag you do.
You’re idiot you are.
Oh really? You worry about MGP when you can’t afford the gas. If you are dropping $150K on a car I have a feeling you can afford the gas no mater how much it costs.
The whole point of higher MGP is not just how you can save on gas. More power to you if you can afford a Ferrari and all the gas it requires. Higher MGP is also about how much less pollution your car is throwing out since it burns less gas for the same trip.
Also, it’s a matter of how quick you blow through your gas. If I had a 150K car that I had to fuel up every damn day, that would really start to piss me off after a while. I remember that Top Gear where James May took the Bugatti Veyron out to see how fast it can go, and when he had it up to top speed he said “and at this speed, the tires will only last 15 minutes, but that’s OK, because the gas tank will be empty in 8″. So yeah, stopping for gas every couple of hours when you’re driving around doesn’t sound like a lot of fun to me.
For many people (even wealthy people) fuel economy isn’t just about saving dollars and cents.
Sports car != green no matter how much flashy marketing and fudged numbers you put under it.
Then ignore the tesla
Do you even know what a sports car is? It’s a small, nimble vehicle like an MG or a Miata. So your statement is stupid.
no thanks, ill keep my carburated ‘86 442 with its 13 mpg
Why? It’s an ugly granny car, and everything on that list would run circles around it. Hell, it’s not even a real 442. The second “4″ in 442 means “4 on the floor”, and the 1986 had an automatic.
The ‘68 Catalina 400-V8 I learned to drive in got 13-20. Not much has changed, sadly, except we dropped performance.
And my ‘56 Volkswagen Beetle gets around 34mpg. We have steadily dropped, especially in efficiency.
Only around 10% of the world’s oil is produced by private companies (i.e. Big Oil). The other 90% is produced by various governments across the globe. Shouldn’t the title read “6 Sexy Sports Cars Big Saudi Sheikh, Big Socialist Chavez, Big Fascist Putin, and Big Norwegian Social Welfare Recipient Don’t Want You to Buy”?
And they have cheap gas… I wonder how that works.Oh, right. Capitalism.
Cheap gas? I was in Russia a year ago and the prices were the same as here in the US. But then we pay less for gas than most other countries so I guess you can say they have cheap gas.
No Monopoly or Cartel
Why not just collect them all into one word. they. You can’t get a more sinister catch all word than They.
Vlugo Noreikh?
Well said….ever notice how soooo many people over-use “They”…always in a sinister context of course. This is endemic on both sides of the political debate, and is fact a pretty good indicator of knowledge (it’s an inverse relationship).
It’s amazing how “Big Oil” gets so much flack for reaping large profits. It seems most of the world doesn’t understand how “Big Oil” has little to do with the price of oil. If OPEC decides to artificially jack-up prices, Big Oil’s profits go up as they ride the roller coaster. I think more anger and frustration should be aimed at OPEC and the various national oil companies of the world.
“Big Oil’s profits go up as they ride the roller coaster.” So you’re saying Big Oil is helpless as far as what they’re setting margin on their products? Couldn’t they just say “We’re only going to make a dime off each gallon, whether it’s a buck a gallon or 10 bucks a gallon? Then no matter where the rollercoaster goes on the supply side, BIg Oil makes the same money? The fact that as the price goes up, they make MORE money (seen ExxonMobil’s 10.6 BILLION for last quarter) seems to indicate that they gouge more as price goes up, instead of keeping their cut the same based on product volume.
Feel free to scroll down to the section that says “Costs to produce and sell a gallon of gasoline in the US” and look at the chart on the right; as a matter of fact the whole page might be good reading. gravmag.com/oil.htmlI will also add that if you have such a large problem with Big Oil’s profits, why don’t you buy some stock in them and take advantage of the market that is dictated by OPEC.
You forgot “Big Friendly Canadians Amassing on the US Border to Invade”. The US gets most of its oil from Canada.
you have no idea whatsoever what you are talking about
So I take it you’ve never seen the movie Canadian Bacon? Seriously, though, the US gets the majority of it’s oil from Canada (18% total oil) and Mexico (15%). Those numbers are from 2005- Venezuela used to be above Mexico, but Canada has been #1 for a long time.
I hate to break it to you but 18% is not a majority.
eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.htmlGoobersmooch = ***** idiot.
DEAD
Since sports cars are such a small segment of the car “population” these days, this could be retitled “6 Sexy Sports Cars Big Oil Doesn’t Give a Rat’s Ass If You Buy…”
anyone have a mirror to this site?
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DEAD and buried anyways
I would buy one.
*sigh*…big girls don’t cry…especially when the site is down..
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others….
i hope you know, i hope you know, (that that’s fergieeee)
mirror please?
fastwallpapers.com.nyud.net:8080/blog/?p=7
Posting the same URL as the link above does not constitute a “mirror”.n00b.
You’re kidding, right?n00b.But unfortunately, the mirror isn’t working for me either.
wow, betcha’ wish you paid more attention before posting that now don’t ya?
except it takes far more energy and thus money to produce these cars than the amount of gasoline that would be used in their lifetime. Math can be your friend
And if you like math, run the numbers on ethanol as fuel… yet another example of liberals trying to enact policy based on what makes them feel good and not on what is rooted in reality.For starters, in order to get everyone using ethanol, virtually the entire United States would have to be covered end to end with corn fields. While this is, in and of itself, impractical, the effect on food prices is just as insane. We are already seeing marked increases in the price of corn-related (read: just about everything) goods due to conversion of fields formerly used for corn for consumption to fields for ethanol corn.Add to that the fact that ethanol is actually a horrible fuel substitute for gasoline – it only produces roughly 75% energy by volume of gasoline, and pretty soon the “it’s cheaper” argument goes away. When you can only travel 3/4 as far on a tank of gas as you used to – the fact that the ethanol is slightly cheaper is a wash.Ethanol is an environmental disaster, to boot. Corn production is the single most polluting of all crops grown in the US, due to the herbicides and insecticides used, and accounts for the majority of our water pollution. The unfortunate reality of it is that ethanol is not a “net additional” energy source – rather it is well documented that (with simple math), ethanol production is a 29% negative energy balance.I Wonder how many “carbon offsets” Al Gore and Cheryl Crow will have to buy to deal with that?
The problem, as my dad put it, is that you get these artsy retards in power who don’t have a grasp of any real science or economics but who are charismatic and enthusiastic and, most importantly, good at looking like they know what they’re talking about. Now, somebody comes along and tells them about some alternative fuel that WILL save the planet so these retards jump on the bandwagon and begin shouting from their soapbox. By the time anybody realizes that it’s all *****, we’re all ***** and the ones responsible are either long gone, pointing at scapegoats, wearing teflon suits, or putting a spin on things so they don’t sound so bad.
Thank you for pointing that out! Everyone I try to tell about EVs always act like it’s no big deal because of the “alternate fuels” coming out. Of course, cellulose looks promising, but even it looks like more trouble than its worth. It’s a pipe dream right now, and the extraction would call for dehydrating plants until they’re kindling, meaning there’s a huge chance of fires.Also, it’s a myth that hybrids use more energy in construction than they offset in their lifetime. See this: crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9750840-1.html . There’s Prius taxi cabs that have 250,000 miles on them and that are still going strong without any need for battery replacement. So far, Toyota has only replaced Prius batteries in the case of factory defects and car accidents.