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Peter, you have to take into account why we are where we are, with the PUs.
Back in 2010 and 2011 when the discussions about the new PU technology was being carried out, the two loudest voices from the producers of the PUs were Mercedes and Renault.
Renault insisted that the base of the ICE had to be relevant to their road going vehicles, and at the time were demanding that it be a 4 cylinder block. However, they relented and accepted the V6.
On the other side of the table, Mercedes had the main board of Daimler Benz breathing down their necks, and the main board only gave the green light to the project when the racing engineering team had assured them that their would be at least a 25% reduction in fuel required with the new PUs, and that they could incorporate technology that they were already developing for their road going vehicles.
I fear that if your dream, and it's also the dream of many on here including myself, was to come to fruition, then we would probably lose both of those manufacturers.
One could debate whether that would be a great loss in the grand scheme of things, but it does then mean that the sport would need to rely on the likes of Cosworth, without a benefactor such as Ford, being able to compete with the financial clout of Ferrari assuming that they stayed on.
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