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I believe that over the last 60 years if there had been gains made the costs would be negligable today.
I do not know what the solutions are exactly but I do have a problem with the relatively small gains we've made over the last 60 years. I was looking at new trucks this past week. Most of them are listed at 12-15 mpg in city driving. Again, I could get that out of a 60 year old truck.
I would have liked to have bought a small diesel in a 1500 series Chevy truck. It would get at least in the high 20's. We even have this technology today but one can not buy that truck.
Whenever I write up a capitol project for work, the standard for acceptance is based on the rate in which the initial investment will pay off and start to generate a cost savings. Generally, my boss is looking for 1 year or less. This is pretty common for many industries.
Given the life span of trucks, it would be easy to get stuck into increased costs, even though the long term payoff would be great.