: About Me

I grew up in a big family, second of nine children from rural Quebec, Canada. I loved to take apart things and when I was able to replace the engine in my fathers car at 14 I thought of becoming a mechanic. Later when I realised that I didn't want to do labour work for the rest of my life I studied history in university, achieving a BA. After that I started doing whatever I could to make enough money, turned out that there is money to be made in writing if you work hard enough, so that's what I do now.

My passion is ...

History

I know too much about ...

History

My parents always told me ...

to be an engineer

My childhood ambition ...

was to travel all over the world

Why I write ...

cause I can't do anything else

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

alternative news & media

My first job ...

farm hand

Autos > Fuel Economy Are cars that get 100 miles per gallon reality?

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Cars that can get at least 100mpg have already existed in the past. The Peel P50 for example was developed by the British Peel Manufacturing Company back in the 1960's for the small micro-car market. Sold mostly in England the car didn't really take off as a practical vehicle. The car was so small, that it only could accommodate the driver and nothing else. It was powered with a simple 49cc motor that was able of getting at least 100mpg. The problem with the Peel P50 however was that it didn't go very fast, you couldn't carry passengers or anything else for that matter, and it was slightly...

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