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Old 12-14-2009, 10:42 AM   #135 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by basslover911 View Post
So everyone agrees that If a new car comes out of a little factory, giving you 100mpg while being a practical 4 door hatchback for $18K- that most likely it would get shut down or magically "vanished" by big oil and car businesses? Even if their number of cars were, lets say, 1000 units per year?

Or do you think it would have to be more cars than that?
If a car manufacturer only grossed $18 million a year they wouldn't have to be "vanished", the "magic" would come from having any of that being profit, let alone enough of a profit to survive.
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