Now that China has passed the US in auto sales

US auto buyers and drivers of automobiles are in for a slow-coming but definite shock over the next few months and years. Now that China has passed the US in auto sales (1.14 million vehicles sold in that country, for the month June of 2009) we are all of us going to see a steady increase in the price of gasoline that will not drop back after passing $4 bucks, like it did last summer. While OPEC members appear to all cheat on their barrel caps agreement among each other - the emerging gas consumption markets both in China and India are without doubt going to drive up competition for the oil that becomes gasoline, primarily in China and to a marked degree in India as well..

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Naysayers point out that the China and India auto buyer demands very thrifty auto's. As such they won't significantly drive up the price of oil/gasoline. Problem is while three thrifty cars over there can go as far as one in the states can do - as their middle class continues to grow and ten times more of their citizens buy these thrifty cars the declining oil reserves they will deplete will cause an ever spiraling price war with the U.S. for our share of this resource, just from the sheer masses owning and driving them. (Basic supply and demand economics.).

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In spite of Chevron hoarding the patent and manufacturing rights for the most efficient battery system on the planet, it is my opinion that conversion of conventional Internal Combustion Engine powered cars to hybrids is the way we should go for the interim as our God awful, mesmerized by horsepower auto industry flounders around and figures out what it is going to be when it grows up or completely dies away. In the meantime, I have been chaffing at the bit for two years now to get one formerly hopeful upstart to quit piddling around and put a full sized hybrid conversion system on my venerable and excellent Ford FreeStar. After all this time I've lost patience and am now researching in-wheel motor conversions for existing cars and trucks, instead. Below are the fruits of my tardy and brief current look at what's available. These are all from Youtube, enjoy. And, oh yes? One of these electric hod rods that can go 900 miles can do 0-60 in 4 seconds flat, for those motor-heads that want QUICK above all else:

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Siemens is now in the Internal Combustion Engine auto conversion to Hybrid game. The Bailout video down lower on this list is by a Siemens executive and refers to this first video link on this list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPSoNfmuBXc
900 mile hybrid electric Mini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Sy7XnJBPE&NR=1
Upbeat Mini Cooper 100 percent conversion to Electric Vehicle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjR1Z_uiVWo&NR=1

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CAR MANUFACTURERS BAILOUT ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY <-- A pretty good rant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEQaa_xLl6c

Congressman Ron Paul on Bailing Out the Auto Industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kelMWnC4pRc&NR=1
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