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  1. solar power on Why Do We Still Use Gasoline? · · Score: 1

    The following statement explains it I think: The Oil companies are the ones who own the patents to solar panels.

  2. Re:You are a couple years late on Why Do We Still Use Gasoline? · · Score: 1

    I think you forgot to mention: the cars have been in Japan an a few other foreign countries for a while, but they just started marketing them here this year no one really missed out yet. The cars sell off the lot so fast I have not been able to find a dealer able to keep some for test driving.

  3. Re:Part of the problem is Infrastructure on Why Do We Still Use Gasoline? · · Score: 1

    you said you want to know why people use leaded gas leaded is much less clean but also much more powerful. in airplanes they use it because power is a greater factor than cleanliness the first cars used this also for the same reasons one other thing is that leaded goes through a few less cleaning processes and is slightly cheaper because of it