The "Water Fueled Car"

[kandrathe]

And I thought the overall bad mpg of the US was just a myth. I am reminded of the hostage scene in Robocop with the mayor.
Most new cars around here (Denmark) get 15-20 km/l (or ~38-50 mpg) with mixed highway/city use and a competent driver. One VW model got as much as 30 km/l (or ~70-75 mpg) but it's not in production anymore, apparently due to bad worldwide sales. Bigger cars do get a worse fuel economy, but those are also a lot more expensive to both buy and own (taxation of cars is partially based on fuel economy). I'd toss a link, but the only site I know of with impartial tests requires paid membership and is in danish.

Rather, have the Federal Government offer corporate tax incentives for allowing some of their workers to telecommute at least 2 days per week. Reducing a significant amount of commuting to work would relieve road congestion, and reduce gas consumption and vehicle pollution realistically by 20-30%. If companies can work out the communications for outsourcing jobs to India, you'd think they could figure out how to communicate with their own workers in the suburbs.