Re: The growing wave of stoopidity
Lee
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I can't afford it and I hate the ramifications of paying $7 or $10 a gallon for gas, but there is a good side to it - it might force the industry to provide alternative means..http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11454989Remember the flux of compacts in the 70's? (first car I drove was a Folkswagon Rabbit BTW - motor mounts went out) I've seen these around a lot lately - both my son and I have been surprised at how many of these we've seen around here...He likes simulators of all types...He 'drove' one of them around... http://www.markpascua.com/wp-content/smart-car.jpgIn france they were called ELF's...I was really shocked to see one with local plates - I would not want to be in an accident with one of them...I think ending our dependence on oil is necessary in the short term - I know who I sound like - but I'd like to think this will actually occur...As an old friend of mine put it so many years ago (he was a Perot supporter)'Go back to your tents - we don't need you anymore'FWIWChina seems to be actively pursuing other alternatives as well...
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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-04/24/content_858227.htmwe certainly seem to fund them...China, that is...Perot was in favor of supply side economics - I always have been too..BP Shell and other firms keep selling 'we're pursuing alternatives' - but they haven't delivered yet...maybe that's the nature of energy exploration...I don't do either...(sell and explore - or if you'd rather explore and sell)and so I'm ill equipped to comment on them knowledgably...that might make me stoopid...
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I can't afford it and I hate the ramifications of paying $7 or $10 a gallon for gas, but there is a good side to it - it might force the industry to provide alternative means..http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11454989Remember the flux of compacts in the 70's? (first car I drove was a Folkswagon Rabbit BTW - motor mounts went out) I've seen these around a lot lately - both my son and I have been surprised at how many of these we've seen around here...He likes simulators of all types...He 'drove' one of them around... http://www.markpascua.com/wp-content/smart-car.jpgIn france they were called ELF's...I was really shocked to see one with local plates - I would not want to be in an accident with one of them...I think ending our dependence on oil is necessary in the short term - I know who I sound like - but I'd like to think this will actually occur...As an old friend of mine put it so many years ago (he was a Perot supporter)'Go back to your tents - we don't need you anymore'FWIWChina seems to be actively pursuing other alternatives as well...
d
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-04/24/content_858227.htmwe certainly seem to fund them...China, that is...Perot was in favor of supply side economics - I always have been too..BP Shell and other firms keep selling 'we're pursuing alternatives' - but they haven't delivered yet...maybe that's the nature of energy exploration...I don't do either...(sell and explore - or if you'd rather explore and sell)and so I'm ill equipped to comment on them knowledgably...that might make me stoopid...
