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In reply to the discussion: High school senior finds way to get nearly 200 mpg in vehicle [View all]NJCher
(35,662 posts)[div class="This boy did not "make" the car for $3000. He took a car already made, with all of the research. development and infrastructure costs already absorbed..."]
That's "yesteryear" thinking. Today's thinking is more along the lines of re-purposing. (That's a big buzzword these days--GIYF). There's no shortage of already-manufactured vehicles with research, development and infrastructure costs built in. That is not the problem and that is where ss misses the point. Alcibiades gives enough information in his post to understand it. See that post upthread.
Now, on another point, which is really what I wanted to write about, does anyone recall that prediction that was made about how we're going to get ourselves out of this mess? I wish I could remember who made it, but some of the original ideas came from Bill Clinton's speech on how we need to de-centralize energy. The prediction said that we will not get out of our current dilemma through anything our leaders do, but it will come from the grassroots. Thiat is what I thought of when I read this story.
Anyway, Don could probably make plenty of money by putting together a seminar where he helps people assemble the materials, shop out the car, and then takes them through the process. Plenty of people would be willing to pay $3000 for the seminar and $3000 for the materials. With six people in the seminar, he could make $18,000. He could get the advice of a automotive instructor at a trade school on how to set up the classes. They would know how long it would take to get people through something like this.
Those are just "grab it out of the air" figures, but I wanted to put the idea out there.
If I had a kid, I would want a kid like this! Wow!!
Cher