Ferrari Mailing List: Re: mileage -some are more equal than others[NFC]

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

Norm:

{rant}

It's all just knee-jerk symbolism. You can't repeal the Laws of  
Physics no matter how many stupid laws you pass. It's possible to get  
close to 30 mpg in a modern common-rail diesel, after that you have  
to go to tiny little cars. Watch the highway death rates climb! Try  
passing an 18 wheeler in your Toyota Echo! OOoooooops - splaaaat!

America - save 5% on your gasoline consumption today: get off your  
fat asses and lose 100 pounds!!!

Hybrids use more energy than current gasoline engines if you consider  
the total requirements for manufacture, and where are we going to  
dispose of all those lead-acid batteries? Hydrogen cars require  
hydrogen, short of fusion or geothermal power, cracking the hydrogen  
is a net loss as well. Ethanol is another big joke, add in the power  
and water needed to grow all that Iowa corn and it's almost a perfect  
wash. Question for the Presidential Candidates -if ethanol is such a  
good solution why are we subsidizing it?

Plus we are not short of oil. We are short of refineries. Here's how  
to save 50% of America's fossil fuel use; build nukes to replace the  
Edwardian coal-burning  stationary plants. Thanks Jane Fonda, you  
singlehandedly set us back fifty years. China is building 50 new  
nukes as I write this; there's your $%^&* China Syndrome!!! May your  
tits get caught in a windmill!

{/rant}

ken

On Jun 22, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Alfaowner wrote:

> Ken:
>
> Remember when Bush chastised us Americans because we are addicted  
> to foreign
> oil?  And, then spent the next couple of weeks flying all over the  
> place?
> I'm just glad it was jet fuel, not 112 octane race fuel he was  
> wasting on
> those political trips.
>
> Norm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken rentiers [mailto:rentiers [at] mac.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:40 AM
> To: Norm
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] mileage -some are more equal than others[NFC]
>
>
> The average US driver does 11,000 miles a year. At 25 MPG that's 440
> gallons of gasoline a year.
>
> Air Force One is a 747. Cruising at 576 mph it burns 3378 gallons an
> hour of jet fuel. Enough for 7.6 years of commuting by Joe Schmuck.
>
> The US Senate has just voted to raise the CAFE to 35 mpg by 2020.
>
> Why stop there? Lets get the President a nice four place Cessna! No
> more private jets for Congressional flights, let them eat cake on
> Amtrak!
>
> ken _________________________________________________________________
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