| Two Cents per Mile: Will President Obama Make it Happen WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN? |  | Author: Nevres Cefo
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The Collapse of Common Sense: Preservation of Big Oil and the Big Three Automakers. In 2003 "FreedomCAR" (Freedom Cooperative Automotive Research) was created as a public-private partnership between the United States Department of Energy, BP America, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell Hydrogen, and The United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR - a partnership among Daimler/Chrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors). What are the oil and automotive corporations doing together? What happened to Toyota's RAV4-EV program that produced 100% electric sports utility vehicles (that's right, SUV's!) that are still running, today, at a cost of two cents per mile? Engineer Nevres Cefo shows how Americans are being systematically misinformed and trapped with only one choice for their future transportation needs: the internal combustion engine and liquid fuels. Can we change the course of where we are going and how we get there? Yes we can, and Cefo shows you how to do it.
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 A Grand But Very Silly Conspiracy Theory December 18, 2009
Cato (San Francisco)
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
When I was in 5th grade my teacher told us that they had a light bulb and tire that would last forever, and we all believed it! He said they did not market it because it would end repeat sales of tires and bulbs, and we all believed it!
Of course, if these conspiracy theories were true all things would last less and less time rather than more and more time, and we'd still be back in the stone age rather than typing on broad band computers in the comfort of our heated homes!
In reality, you must invent and market the best product at the lowest price or a competitor will and you'll be bankrupt! That is exactly why a competitive capitalist system moves us forward
rather than backwards to the stone age! This is Econ. 101!!!
Why isn't the mainstream press talking about this information? September 17, 2009
Joe Average (Cookeville, TN)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Get it, read it, tell everybody you know.
The auto industry and the gov't are likely colluding to keep technology out of our hands that would save us money, clean up the environment, and get us off of foreign oil. All without wars in the Middle East.
They don't want to supply us with this tech and are actively working against someone else bringing us this tech because EVs would ruin a good cash cow for the oil and auto manufacturers.
Long term I guess what will happen is some import company will beat Detroit to it and once again the home team will be behind the curve.
EVs work NOW. The modern tech has existed for 15 years, the basic tech for over 100 years. The battery that the automakers keep saying they are waiting for exists with the large capacity NiMH batteries that Chevron and GM colluded to hide and lock away with patent encumbrance.
If there was ever a time to understand how the ruling class of this country and big business - especially big oil - controls our gov't and by extension the world - the time is now. The evidence is everywhere and right in front of us.
The Internet can show you and connect you to the people in the know. Just like advertising buries the smaller companies/brands who can't advertise as frequently as the big guys - the people in the know will not likely get any airtime or article space in the mainstream media which I feel certain is used to shape conversation and pace our society's knowledge about the world. It's a tool of large companies to distract us and tell us only what suits them to some end that makes a certain group of people rich. The most valuable information is not given away. What we get for free is old information or incomplete. Sounds a little Orwellian doesn't it?
Information is freely available to all of us but the mainstream press doesn't ask hard questions and tell the whole story. Some folks might even argue that it is impossible to squeeze that much information into a 30 minute segment, 30 second headlines or a single column article. Perhaps but if the mainstream media DID make time or space for it we'd be better off. Instead we get just tidbits of information in the easiest to find sources. A person must research to get any further into far too many topics. Funny how the NiMH batteries exist, are in use in hybrids and have worked for tens of thousands of miles but nobody in the mainstream press asks why somebody doesn't build more RAV4-EV type vehicles.
Too often the mainstream press is simply an advertising tool in disguise.
It is a poor, poor tool (the mainstream press) to use for a tool to help run a democracy.
Read this book and you'll be surprised at how much we aren't being told - even by the automotive press whose job it is to tell us about all things automotive.
IF I'm wrong about Chevron, GM or the gov't then I sure would like to hear the key players stand up and address the points made in this book specifically. My guess that they won't or if they did it would be one of those meandering answers that uses alot of words but doesn't say a thing. At the same time I don't think too many politicians would take time out of their busy bashing each schedules too really do or say anything constructive. Note that I'm not taking sides. Both sides are guilty of this. Just depends on who is in office.
Yep, My EV's Fuel Cost Is Exactly Two Cents Per Mile September 12, 2009
D. D. Davids (Seattle, WA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Nevres Sefo connects all the dots in documenting the history behind one of the best-built cars of all time, the all-electric Toyota RAV4 EV. Proving once again that truth is stranger than fiction, this book shines a light on a car that goes over 100 miles on a charge and does it faster, better, and cheaper than it's internal-combustion-powered counterpart.
Nearly 1,400 of these marvels were put on the roads in California between 1998 and 2003. Hundreds were saved from the crusher due to the grassroots efforts of Plug In America (formerly [...]). These cars continue to serve their owners daily with quiet, inexpensive, and reliable electric drive. Many have over 100k miles on their odometers, still powered by the original NiMH battery packs described in Sefo's book.
To anyone who thinks that electric cars have too many limitations, and that the batteries aren't ready, you need to read this book and get your facts straight! Bravo for a book that's timely, well-researched, and easy to read.
Dan Davids
RAV4 EV owner/driver
My Two Cents on Two Cents Per Mile August 19, 2009
Linda L. Nicholes (Anaheim, Ca)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Two Cents Per Mile by Nevres Cefo
Will President Obama Make it Happen with the Stroke of a Pen?
According to Two Cents Per Mile author Nevres Cefo, Americans have been led to believe that they can't make a significant difference in much of anything once corporate and governmental interests are involved. Big oil and big automakers have historically counted on the false belief that we as American citizens cannot impact our transportation future. Cefo sets out to inspire resistance to that notion of helplessness. He intends to make electric vehicle (EV) advocates of us all and largely succeeds.
Over 250 million vehicles-- mostly powered by the almighty, polluting, costly internal combustion engine-- ply American highways today. Two Cents Per Mile is an informative, spell-binding read that helps the reader understand that there is, in fact, a better way to power our personal transportation needs. Using Toyota's all-electric RAV4 EV as the book's prime example, Cefo declares: "This car not only exists, but also has been on the road for ten years and is exceeding performance expectations."
Cefo firmly believes that our transportation future resides on the electric highway; not the hydrogen highway and carefully backs that belief up with well-researched facts and figures. As oil becomes more scarce and the price of a gallon of gas continues to rise, an electrified future does seem plausible. But that future will only happen if, as President Obama states: ". . . the American people demand it --because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership." Hopefully, Two Cents Per Mile will inspire Americans to rise up, dump the pump and plug into a much better automotive future.
Linda Nicholes
Co-founder Plug In America
Make it happen August 7, 2009
Jim Blazek (Macedonia,Ohio)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
No conspiracy theory here, just a conspiracy. Cefo has written this book with all of the facts put into layman's terms. This is the type of book that once you pick it up, you can't put it down until you've finished! I can only imagine if we got Obama to release the patent from Chevron, Our country could turn around almost overnight! I for one am very excited about that prospect. Its time to get your pen and paper and mail the President. Strength in numbers.
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