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This whole thing seems frivolous, but it's actually a blessing in disguise. If the industry loses, which it probably will given the public mood, they will have to install more expensive equipment in their pumps. This cost will be passed along to consumers as higher prices. Then, in the winter, the pumps will give people less gas, effectively raising the price again.
The best part is that it's consumers clamoring for higher prices. We just need a way to replicate this with a few hundred other small tweaks. Maybe next we can get the public to call for compensation for the loss of energy when the companies blend with ethanol. That should require more expensive equipment, and point out to people the lower energy content of ethanol.
'which it probably will given the current mood...' kjmclark I agree that this lawsuit is frivilous but I dont think our government gives a whit about 'our current mood' based on the commutation recently bestowed on Scooter. I believe that the prevailing mood was that Libby should spend a bit of time in the pokey, but it didnt happen.
Just another day in paradise watching the Atlantic for whirling dirvishes.
What you want as the driver is the lowest price per CALORIE of the fuel. To power a car, it's the calories in the fuel that count. A better measure of fuel economy would be miles per megacalorie or gigacalorie.
In the mean time, miles per unit MASS of the fuel is better. i.e. miles or kilometres per kilogramme. As we all know, diesel has more calories per kilo than gasoline and more so than ethanol. If you were to drive a Harrier, you'd want the fuel with the most calories per kilo. That way, you'd get the best range on a load of fuel, a "tank o' gas".
The lawsuit is a mixed blessing. As noted, if the litigant wins, the winter gas price will rise by some amount. But beware. The gas prices will stay high simply from the oil peak anyways. The suit is more academic than anything. The calorie difference from summer and winter with the present system is rather minimal. Using the car's A/C will make a bigger difference. The difference as I see it? 10 percent. Significant, but not earth-shattering.
Someone wants media attention with a political point. That seems to be the motive for the lawsuit. How he conjured up the fact that calories per key is the correct way to measure fuel use is anyone's guess. Maybe he is a dinkum pilot. Nobody knows.
Petrol prices high enough yet? Just wait!