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Originally Posted by dragon370
and also, what about jobs?? people who are, today, being certified as mechanics on current vehicles, will need to be completely re-certified to work on cars as they will be in a few years, making their current knowledge obsolete, therefor their current ability to do the job, fix cars, obsolete. my best friend is training as an auto mechanic now, and i will be in a few months if i dont go into computers instead (my other hobby). where will he be in twenty years when everything he is certified for today is useless?? out of a job and having to go through another year-or-two long training program so he can make an income?? this seems to go for all current mechanics, also.
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Well, its not a one day gasoline, tomorrow hybrid kinda thing. Its a very gradual process. Another VERY important thing about E85 and biodiesel is that its very evolutionary, not revolutionary. You could take a biodiesel vehicle to any diesel mechanic and they could work on it without even knowing what fuel is in the tank. Its literally no different than taking your car in for service with 87 octane in it or 93 octane in it. Biodiesel is that similar that the technology is the same.
E85 is nearly identical to gasoline, but given its different BTU content and the fact that its an alcohol engine means there are a few concessions that need to be made, but building an E85 engine is the same as building a gas engine, but you just have to know that it requires more compression, synthetic fuel lines, a different catalyst, etc... its not going to turn the world on its ear, just shake it up a tiny bit.
Honestly, once your friend completes training and goes to work for BMW or whoever, they will be continually educating him on new techniques and technology every month anyway. When BMW comes out with their first E100 vehicle, its not like he'll be a worthless employee. Rather its more like he'll be sent to a 3-day seminar at the BMW USA headquarters and he'll be caught up.
Not to mention, all of the procedures for repair are completely computerized in manuals. You could repair a Hybrid without even knowing what it was. You plug in the VIN, what job needs to be done and it even tells you what size wrench to use.