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Ravant:
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"A continent to fight off" is "isolated and it was strategic"? I guess you must be thinking of when the time comes you have to attack Australia! :D Or perhaps you confused the fact I was rebutting your "it was either Iraq or the WORLD" doomsday post, because then you wouldn't have something cool to say in retort. :-*
And there are lots of alternatives to oil-for-fuel, after which we could conserve this limited resource for building those things that need oil like plastic. Hence my suspicion that you are in fact a mole for the Greens, just as keen as I am to conserve this precious commidity from being wasted where it doesn't need to be (like SUVs). Don't worry, I wont tell anyone else so your secret is safe with me Comrade! 8)
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I dunno, I like driving a turbocharged 3.4 liter V6 and a naturally aspirated 454 cubic inch big block V8. Both supposedly suck down gas and I'm proud of the fact that both are producing more power-to-weight than any car in their class. The Monte Carlo with the V6 gets up to 32 miles to the gallon (if I reallly baby it.). The Camaro gets about 19-26 to the gallon, depending if I'm racing it or if I'm cruising it. I'm sorry, but until an electric car can produce more horsepower and torque than my two cars as efficiently as they do, I will refuse to give either of them up.
Ravant:
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--- Quote from: Ravant on February 04, 2005, 01:23:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on January 31, 2005, 10:54:44 am ---I for one, tend not to trust people that have already misled me. Call me crazy.
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....12.3 gallon tank of gas for less than 28 dollars. I'm shelling almost 60 dollars a week out on gas, while getting almost 31 miles to the gallon. I don't even drive that much!
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I realize this is off topic, but I couldn't resist.
$28.00 / 12.3 gallons = $2.28/g
$60.00 a week / 2.27/g =
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Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: jbox on February 08, 2005, 03:11:53 am ---...buddhists, shakes hands with some jews, and shares tea with some muslims.
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Someone should tell that woman she's not in heaven, she's in the middle east.
jbox:
Can I just para-phrase this to be clear: Was your response to a post that was *specifically* about being asked how to reduce dependance on foreign oil in non-military ways, that drag-racing is currently more important to you personally?
IANAE (I am not an engineer), but I recommend people who are curious about this topic do more than 'gossip research' next time they are in the market for a new car. Some of the latest hybrid cars use the gas engine for the wussy cruising part, and the electric engine for the Manly(tm) stuff like starting the car and flooring the accelerator. Hmmm... ;)
For future reference, might I suggest a more rewarding target is pointing out that light-weight storage technology is currently a critical bottle neck, so that someone who drives as much as you do would have to recharge an all-electric car at least twice a day. :'(
fredster:
I want one of those bad ass electric BMW's like in I ROBOT.
We need those now.