Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Frozen Sheep and Cheap Ferraris

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Ahhhh Ken - ya hit it again.  BUT have faith.  The ACLU is working on 
outlawing volcanoes and cow flatulence.

Ya know - I would love to believe all this stuff but it becomes harder and 
harder the more I see the "I don't have to pay for gas or jet fuel" crowd 
who make the laws putt about, promise my money to health care providers to 
treat people who are not legally in our country.  God bless our Kalifornia 
nabobs.  Sigh.

DOUG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:13 AM
Subject: [Ferrari] Frozen Sheep and Cheap Ferraris


> Soon I will finish my coffee and take myself to a grocery, there to
> acquire Tide, milk, frozen pizza and the weekend edition of the Wall
> Street Journal. It is already 8:30 - my plan to go at sun-up is
> shattered. I haven't slept this late since Nixon was not a crook.
>
> Our Congress, in their suspect wisdom, have Done Something about our
> dependence on foreign oil. They have mandated an increase in fuel
> efficiency for cars to 35 MPG. But why stop there, wouldn't 100 MPG
> be even more efficient? If they had just managed to repeal the First
> and Second Laws of Thermodynamics while they were at it we would all
> be better off. Of course not a word about encouraging the building of
> more refineries - we haven't done that in 25 years. Or drilling the
> vast oil fields of the arctic slope, protected only by a forlorn
> handful of half-frozen caribou; or of those other reserves lying far
> too close to the mansions of Palm Beach and Malibu to ever consider
> harvesting. The fact that half our fossil fuel consumption can be
> ascribed to stationary power plants also escaped them. Instead of
> building millions of clown cars that no one wants, we could just
> erect a few nukes. But nooooooo...
>
> Or we could just do nothing. Gasoline would rise in price as supply
> far exceeded demand. People would abandon their Hummers for Hondas,
> or abandon the roads altogether. The thought of all those empty
> highways and underpriced Ferraris is too delicious to contemplate.
> I'm getting a stiff brain! Our prices for diesel fuel are
> significantly higher than premium gasoline per gallon, balanced in
> part I guess by the higher mileage. Europe long ago discovered the
> modern diesel, but our air quality regulations have kept it off our
> shores. Now technology has given us cleaner diesel fuel and cleaner
> diesel motors -at a significant cost. You can't have your pristine
> environment and live in it too, unless you are prepared to pay and pay.
>
> Apparently the lemmings of Vancouver, BC are ready to do just that,
> as they jostle each other in their headlong rush towards the
> Ecological Cliff. Letters from today's Vancouver Sun:
>
> Readers respond to church call for carbon tax
> I was delighted to read the front-page article on a provincial carbon
> tax. As a mother of two, addressing climate change is something I
> feel very passionately about. And as a professional in the business
> of behaviour change (I am a cardiac psychologist), I know with
> certainty that voluntary behavior change does not come easily. People
> struggle with behaviour change even when facing their own imminent
> demise, let alone attempting behaviour change for something as
> abstract as climate change. I strongly believe that for this issue to
> be adequately addressed we need government to step up and show bold
> leadership.
>
> Readers respond to church call for carbon tax
> What a boost to see the call from faith groups for a carbon tax on
> the front page of the paper. One hopes Finance Minister Carole Taylor
> and Premier Gordon Campbell saw the appeal as well. Climate change is
> the most urgent social justice and environmental issue of our
> generation, and it is a moral imperative that a government step
> forward to take the lead on this. I hope the British Columbia
> government brings forward a substantial carbon tax in next year's
> budget -- our future depends on it.
>
> Readers respond to church call for carbon tax
> How appropriate that as Christmas approaches leaders in the faith
> community have urged Finance Minister Carole Taylor to implement a
> revenue-neutral carbon tax. What a present for B.C. -- and the planet
> -- if our government drafts this important measure in the fight
> against climate change. For my children's sake, we need a government
> in Canada to take the first step and show real leadership by
> achieving substantial emission reductions. I am heartened to see more
> and more community members encouraging politicians to take real
> action against climate change.
>
>
>
> Someone needs to spell out to these simple folk, so eager to be
> regulated and taxed until they bleed, the future they are conjuring
> up. A place with ill-smelling  and infrequent buses replacing their
> stereo-laden, air cooled Accords. No toilet paper: wash your hands
> and save a tree! Power maybe for three hours each night, books
> instead of TV sets. No travel beyond a fifty mile radius without
> documents and fuel coupons. Shaving your legs or using deodorant will
> become anti-social statements. Your shirt should last at least a week
> before changing. If families will just share their houses we won't
> have to build so many more. Hey - destroy western cilvilization: save
> the planet!
>
> All for NOTHING! It's all GARBAGE! There is enough oil in Fort
> McMurray and the oil shale deposits of Wyoming and Colorado to last
> 100 years until we figure out what comes next. Meanwhile it has been
> getting colder these past five winters, and it looks like we are in
> for another cold season this year. I hope these sorry Canadian sheep
> freeze their asses off. Dummies!
>
>
>
> ken
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