And actually, no, that's not how the Beetle got started. Adolph would
be astounded by that suggestion.
On Jun 14, 2006, at 2:38 AM, <greenman62@hotmail.com>
<greenman62@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> If they were a step in the right direction then they would make
>> economic sense. they are a fashion accessory for the holier-than-
>> thou crowd.
>
> Ain't that how the beetle got started?
>
> Hybrids maybe a "fashion accessory" at this point, but it's
> fashion accessories that we need to get
> the public to start thinking seriously about essential truths
> we've been ignoring for years... There
> isn't a serious scientific study that doesn't agree that our
> global climate is changing.
>
> Putting that asside for a moment. The real issue is we need to
> get off the oil nipple. We've have
> left our national wellbeing to the benevolence of "foreign
> princes" who have their own agendas.
> If you think that's "good"... well... I don't.
>
> I believe hybrids are an interim step, like flex fuel, clean
> diesel and biodiesel on the way to other
> technologies which in turn are an interim steps to other
> technologies.
>
> Ultimately we will have to reassess how we live and where we
> live. These are big changes for
> any society. The world is full of ruins of the civilizations that
> didn't survive when change was
> needed.
>
> My guess is it won't be pretty...
>
> YMMV
>
> Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
>
> That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
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