Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Not So "Smart" Car (was Tulsa Event)

Steve wrote:<<there might be such a thing as Global Warming>>
Actually, up to around 20,000 years go there were glaciers across Kansas and 
they've been steadily retreating ever since.  What I *cannot* agree with is 
blaming "Man" for the ~.75 d C the temp increased during the last 100 years 
or so.  But global warming has been going on and will continue to do so.
The BBC (never an organization considered conservative by any stretch) 
recently produced a program called "The Global Warming Scam".  It was 
available at various outlets on the net (I have a copy) but I doubt any of 
the US media outlets will air it since it doesn't go along with the accepted 
line being fed the population.  It's basically a 90 minute rebuttal of 
Gore's wildly inaccurate "Inconvienent Truth".  So many people have bought 
into the scam that their whole career is riding on their continued support 
of the portrayal of man as the culprit behind global warming.  Some who have 
spoken out in opposition have received death threats and other extreme 
attempts to silence them/  The so called thousands of scientists who have 
signed off in support of global warming - basically the scientific paper 
produced for the Kyoto Treaty - signed off on the detailed report - but when 
a summary was written and  distributed to news organizations, the summary 
was in complete opposition to the details of the total report.  So distorted 
was the summary that some scientists had their names removed and when the 
number of scientists grew they were denied the option of having their name 
removed.  Eventually they had to sue (or threaten to sue) to have their 
names removed.

   And on and on. ;-)
Later ya'll/  Speaking of Smart cars - it would be much more practical to go 
the diesel route - 30% better mpg's for comparable (large) vehicles with 
enough mass to protect the inhabitants in an accident.
Have a nice weekend -
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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From: <BRIGANDBAR [at] aol.com>

To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>

Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>

Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 5:11 PM

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Not So "Smart" Car (was Tulsa Event)
Tom, Tom, Tom:
Small cars should at least be powerful and maneuverable enough to get out 
of

the way of us dinosaurs who refuse to honor King Al of Nobel by giving up 
our

right to be an American and do as we damn well please.
I saw, but fortunately IMNSHO, declined a ride in the allegedly "Smart"

(though I don't know what is so smart about joining the Teutonic version 
of the

Kamakazi) car. I don't even want to think what would happen to me if I 
were

unfortunate enough to be in one that, rightfully or otherwise, pulled out 
in

front of my Excursion, F-350, MB G-Wagon, or even the hearse (or select 
any

other one from the list in my signature) and were to be hit head-on, 
"T"-boned,

or rear ended. My guess is that the skid plates would probably need to be

repainted in the first three, and I'd be ready to ride in the rear 
compartment

of the latter.
How cheap does one have to be to accept the risk-reward equation of fuel

economy in one of these cars. And, more realistically, just think about 
driving

around Manhattan in traffic with those yellow used up Crown Victoria 
taxicabs

many driven by individuals from cultures where the traffic guidelines are 
the

old "Saigon Rules" we used in Vietnam where the largest vehicle, driven by

the  operator with the biggest hang down parts ALWAYS has the right of 
way.
They are simply mobile deathtraps. Can you imagine a drive on the Indian

Nations Turnpike in one of those on a cold winter day with icy roads in 
Eastern

OK?
I just thought of one good reason to own one. If I were to ever run the

F-350 out of diesel fuel it would be handy to have one in the bed to 
unload and

drive on down to the next fuel station.
I  guess there might be such a thing as Global Warming, but then again

something like it must have ended the Ice Age and Homo Erectus had not, as 
of  yet,

begun to use vehicles powered by internal combustion engines to commute 
from

cave house to work and back. Tom my friend, I know you are one of us. You

probably are more likely to aspire to one of those new Cirrus single 
engine

personal use jet airplanes with a parachute in the nose compartment than 
you do

one of these silly little toys that belong in your backyard for your

grandchildren to drive when they graduate from their go-karts. No EPA mpg 
rating  is

worth dying over or even looking that silly in traffic. They remind me of 
that

old, Messerschmidt I think, little three-wheelers where the door was on 
the

front and it opened, steering wheel and all for ingress and egress. If you

need  a fix please just come on down here and drive my 348 with the top 
down for

a day  or two to clear your head. You are always welcome and it will be

therapeutic.
Dr. Steve

[Incidentally, I just inadvertently filled up the tank on  the 348  with 
the

money that I had saved up for the "Draft Al Gore for President"  donation 
I

had been wanting to make since Dec. 2000 but I guess he can afford  to get 
along

without it since he has all of that Nobel Prize money and it  only costs 
him

about $2,000/mo to air condition his mansion in TN]
1964 Rolls  Royce Silver Cloud III 1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
1980 MB 450SL 1982 RR  Corniche
1985 MB 280 GE G-Wagen 1988 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
1990 Cadillac  "Eagle" Hearse 1994 F-350 Powerstroke 4x4
1995 Ferrari 348 Spyder 1996  Bronco
2000 Lincoln Town Car 2004 Excursion
+ Audrey's 2x  MB's

Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES, CFI
Director,  Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering  Technologies
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Re: Not So "Smart" Car (was Tulsa Event)	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: LarryT (l02turnercomcast.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:44:36 -0700 (PDT)