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   From: invalid@invalid.inv   
      
   dr_jeff  wrote in   
   news:EPKdnVye5YwjEoDWnZ2dnUVZ_tti4p2d@giganews.com:   
      
      
   >   
   > Yet, while the pedal traditionally operates the throttle, for many   
   > years, the engines have still be controlled by a computer. So,   
   > controlling one other thing is not such a big deal.   
   >   
      
      
      
   The throttle chokes off the air to the engine. If there is no air, the   
   engine can't make power, no matter what else happens.   
      
   If you entrust air delivery to the computer and something goes wrong and   
   excessive air is admitted, all the other inputs will adjust to suit so that   
   the mixture remains correct. That means more power when power is not   
   wanted.   
      
   A simple cable connection is the safest and most reliable way to control   
   the power of any road-going automobile engine. Don't want power? Take your   
   foot off the gas.   
      
   And I don't care if airplanes have had wire-everything for the last 50-   
   years or whatever. Road-going passenger cars are given none of the sort of   
   scrutiny and highly-competent maintenance and inspection that airplanes are   
   given regularly.   
      
      
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