Drive them if you have them

Spot on, old chap.

 

that attitude is rather short sighted. i being not that young, (mid 40's) no longer believe that the oil supply will be adequate to last my lifetime much less my son who is only 9.

transportation is one thing, but oil has other uses that will most likely be much tougher to replace. i think we need to work the easier solutions first in order to give us more time for the tougher solutions we need to come up with and hybrid technology is a pretty good way of stretching what we have left.

 

Excuse me? I'll be grinning next year as I remember your quote, when I collect my $3150.00 tax credit.

 

Mine does.

...and it has heated seats too!

 

OK. so my Saab and SUV both have heated seats... I concede that small point. Actually, I'm really going to miss heated seats when the Prius finally arrives. :mellow:

 

I to can afford to drive around any large SUV or truck as far as gas goes. Do I want to? No. I would much prefer the smooth quiet ride of the Prius and enjoy its low fuel consumption than drive around in a huge SUV/Truck that doesn’t ride nearly as smooth consuming much more fuel. If I need to tow or haul something large then I’ll use a larger vehicle with more power that consumes more gas. People should have a choice in what they drive and be offered a wide variety of vehicles at reasonable prices. The problem doesn’t lie with America not building proper vehicles to accommodate these requests, the attempt is made but at a poor quality compared to foreign vehicles and with a much higher price tag.
America relies mainly on importing goods than exporting and the cost on American made products reflect this. Due to the high cost of living in America, we can’t afford to build our own products at such low costs as other countries, such as China, thus we rely as consumers on imported goods. This problem started long ago during the Industrial Revolution, not when Bush came into office.

 

So DocVijay lists Florida in origin and Cameron has palm trees in the avatar....What is so important about heated seats??? Quit driving naked!!!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Salsawonder @ Mar 13 2006, 05:33 PM) [snapback]224407[/snapback]</div>

Good one...LOL...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Salsawonder @ Mar 13 2006, 05:33 PM) [snapback]224407[/snapback]</div>

Because when the temperatures plummet to 70 degrees, our bums would freeze to the leather without the heated seats!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mojo40 @ Mar 9 2006, 12:33 AM) [snapback]222594[/snapback]</div>

ignorance is strength
freedom is slavery
war is peace

Not directed at you, mojo, but the argument.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(2Hybrids @ Mar 8 2006, 05:48 AM) [snapback]222135[/snapback]</div>

Most people don't seem to know this yet, but there are many clues supporting the idea that oil does not come from fossils or organic materials but instead it may be a byproduct of magma. They are finding oil as deep as 30,000 ft, far below fossils and organic materials, and they are re-opening dry wells and finding them replenished. If you really think about it, imagine an oil well having billions of gallons of oil pumped out of it... how could that much oil possibly exist in one well? It doesn't add up that a few dinosaurs and plants got crunched up into a little pocket underground and shifting plates/weight compresses and decomposes it and eventually produces billions of gallons of oil... now that's just outrageous. I believe that oil is a renewable resource, obviously it is if they are rediscovering oil in dry wells, but we still face the problem that we are using more oil than is being replenished, or at least we are using it faster than we are finding and refining it. We do need to conserve our resources any way you look at it.

http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/Theory/SustainableOil/

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ilusnforc @ Apr 3 2006, 12:31 PM) [snapback]234192[/snapback]</div>

Since when did choosing not to believe in reality become a viable option? You're going to need a lot more evidence than this to convince me.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ilusnforc @ Apr 3 2006, 11:31 AM) [snapback]234192[/snapback]</div>

Whoa, but where did this come from? Like Hyo Silver says--you will also need much more evidence than this to support this argument or convince me. My grandfather's old wells, some closed for 60 years, haven't been re-opened or "replenished" and I have yet to hear anything like this from the three practicing geologists in the family.

 

There have been a number of good ideas given. I would love to see your letter that you send. Heck, post it here prior to publication and I am sure a number of us would provide constructive feedback to make it even better.

Cheers

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DocVijay @ Mar 11 2006, 01:48 PM) [snapback]223625[/snapback]</div>

Parking?

Handling?

Braking?

Allowing others to see around you to predict traffic flow?

You may very well own the world's only SUV that does everything but gas mileage better than a compact sedan.



<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tripp @ Mar 9 2006, 12:07 AM) [snapback]222615[/snapback]</div>

Indeed! The "Market" is only reactive. Being reactive this time (as usual) is going to hurt a lot more than being proactive!



<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ShavenYak @ Mar 8 2006, 10:03 AM) [snapback]222234[/snapback]</div>

I too feel that everybody should be able to drive whatever they please - IF and ONLY IF they also pay for it. And I don't mean buy the car and pay for the gas at the pump. I mean pay for all the damage that is done by their choice of vehicle. But we have no way of charging people like that, so what are we to do? Assume that the affodability of the price of the vehicle and the price of the gas is a valid measurement of entitlement?