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Why are environmentally frendly cars not more widespread? We are four students at the Engineering College of Aarhus, Denmark, who are writing a report about environmentally friendly engiens, for example in cars, busses etc. Our main question is why these cars are not more widespread in the world, particulary in Denmark ? Rumour has it that the fuel companies buy the new inventions and stop others from using them, but is this correct? What is your opinion? And what is your reason for having this opinion? If you can prove or disprove the above rumuor please tell us where we can find this evidence. Send all your comments to this e-mail: srnielsen@city.dk
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But eight years after your original question on environmentally friendly cars, how much REAL tangible progress has been made. The media reports are still full of all these new "inventions" for running cars on water, and much progress is reported each week from Universities everywhere.
But it may be more than just "fuel companies buying inventions and stopping others from using them"; all these research and developments take place under funded laboratory conditions, and often attempt the use of rare materials for mundane purposes.
So even if they are technically feasible, there are often issues with the economics of their production at a scale that can make a serious difference to energy generation and consumption...
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