Originally Posted By Bellella crapshoot, so what you're saying is that we've been living a lie for the past century, burning fossil fuel-powered cars when we didn't need to? Oh, man, am I depressed. All the more reason to start changing all our cars now, and all the more reason why Autopia needs to be all-electric.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Yookeroo .. you said that just to be a dick! And you know it! And any administrator would back me up .. ahead of you!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub How do you know; a childs mind could be inspired to find a futuristic solution while experiencing the past futuristic solutions on Autopia or Tomorrowland Speedway. I don't think the electric Autopia is considered very much fun in Tokyo Disney. Isn't it really short and slow?
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<crapshoot, so what you're saying is that we've been living a lie for the past century, burning fossil fuel-powered cars when we didn't need to? Oh, man, am I depressed.>> One Mrs. Henry Ford did not like hand cranking cars and drove an electric car instead. Her husband took note and invented the electric starter.
Originally Posted By Socrates The electric starter was invented by Charles F. Kettering. Socrates "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."
Originally Posted By phruby Why does the cars have to travel on the ground? Why can't we have a suspended flying cars? 2015 is almost here and I want my damn flying Delorean! An Autopia with flying cars (ie. suspended track coaster like SFMM Ninja) would be great! The high requirement on Ninja is only 42" which is lower than the ride alone on Autopia now. It can even have a dark ride park thru Innoventions were we time travel to the past.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<The electric starter was invented by Charles F. Kettering.>> "Meanwhile, Henry "Call-Me-the-Gas-Man" Ford (although Mrs. Ford drove electric, of course) was tinkering around with the gas-powered, internal combustion engine, trying to get on with the business of becoming one of the Big Three. One thing in his favor was that the ELECTRIC STARTER had been invented, which meant the end of getting out there in the mud and hand-cranking away until the engine started." Who would have thought that 30,000 electric cars were on the road by 1912. The prefered automobile of the women of the day.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Well, my proposal of some pages back (which I've proposed before) addresses almost everything raised: it's cleaner, it's greener, it protects both the guests and the equipment better, it's more futuristic, it gets rid of the rail, and it replaces the illusory choice of a mechanical steering wheel, but no alternate routes to steer to, with the real choice of alternate routes and even some control over ride duration.
Originally Posted By Bellella I'll ride it again. I will- just as soon as I can ride it without having to inhale gas fumes every second through it. Even riding the train has become a bit of a problem, since it has to go right by Autopia and we have to smell those fumes for at least five minutes. It's in the best interests of guests and cast members if the Autopia cars are all-electric. I truly believe everyone will enjoy it better, boosting ride attendance and making it more worthwhile for them to keep Autopia.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Autopia is fun for kids, and if you have kids you ride. I wouldn't ride it if I were at DL without my kids. I drive my own car every day, LOL!
Originally Posted By tashajilek I agree that the fumes arent the best thign to inhale. Unfortunately we breathe in fumes, smoke and all kinds of stuff we probably shouldnt.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<I agree that the fumes arent the best thign to inhale. Unfortunately we breathe in fumes, smoke and all kinds of stuff we probably shouldnt.>> Autopia cars have no emission control systems what-so-ever. All they need to do is switch to propane like on forklifts, etc.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Permanently ditch Chevron and entice Honda to sponsor Autopia here as they do at HKDL. Then switch over to the same electric vehicles HKDL uses. The videos I've seen of HKDL's Autopia puts ours to shame. It's quieter, cleaner, and better 'futuristic' theming. Their Autopia makes ours look like Mumbai at rush hour.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Thats good to know, hopefully they will switch soon.>> The irony is that today's gas automobiles are cleaner burning than cigarettes. The classic demonstration shows that three cigarettes create as much particulate matter in a few minutes that takes a car 20 minutes to produce. The Autopia cars spew massive amounts of particulate matter, there is no doubt about it.
Originally Posted By phruby Thats true. Today's cars are very clean. When was the last time there was a smog alert? Kids today don't know what that is. We don't have them anymore just like what was predicted in "Mission to Mars" or "Flight to the Moon" I can't remember which ride talked about it.
