well, here in Nashville we have algore preaching about "global warming" -the
kind that happens every summer- while he tools around in his diesel
houseboat. and, no it isn't bio diesel...
Best,
Ray
"The U.N. is a place where governments opposed to free speech demand to be
heard."
- Alfred E. Neuman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>
To: "Gary" <maliburevue@yahoo.com>; "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Drag Racers, Watch Out!!! Not Tiger!
> You know what irks me? I have a Toyota Echo as a daily driver, that I
> bought used. It's totally awesome for the job... It gets about 45 miles
> per US gallon, it's small on the outside and big enough inside that I
> can pick up the kids or a ten foot piece of bar stock. But recently I
> got a letter from my insurance that they're offering discounts for
> people that drive hybrids, because they're "green". Any kind of
> hybrid... But as far as I know, the only hybrids that will actually beat
> the mileage I get are the Honda Insight and the Prius. And both of those
> will have significantly higher operating cost and environmental impact
> than the Echo, to say nothing of what the fullsize hybrids will require.
> So really, the insurance company is inducing people to spend more money
> on a new car, that has significant environmental impact. They ought to
> be teaching people how to take care of their older cars so that they run
> as clean as possible and to get maximum life out of what's already been
> built.
>
> At the same time, it's good that electric drives are finally getting
> some exposure, and it's even better that there are people doing hot-rod
> conversions and showing the performance potential even if it's only in a
> straight line. Racing improves the breed.
>
> Cheers,
> Theo
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gary
>> Sent: June 18, 2009 1:02 AM
>> To: Tiger List
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Drag Racers, Watch Out!!! Not Tiger!
>>
>> Oops. I meant $150 a barrel.
>>
>> --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Gary <maliburevue@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Gary <maliburevue@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Drag Racers, Watch Out!!! Not Tiger!
>> To: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 11:57 PM
>>
>> This is an awesome car!!! However, as usual, these people
>> never take into account all the chemicals and energy required
>> to manufacture the batteries, let alone to recycle them. All
>> storage and conversion of energy has some kind and amount of
>> parasitic loss. Granted, the actual driving time creates
> <snip>
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