Re: OT:Re: IMHO, saving fuel needs to start at the top!


Ruddell wrote:
> I know there are people who think some sort of public rail system should
> and will rule but I certainly hope you're wrong. Especially in the USA
> where the interstate system is to be compared to none anywhere in the
> world. Sure, there's some snags but considering it's size it's a pretty
> marvelous contraption. The idea of losing a personal vehicle isn't
> going to go over and sometime along the way a different system of fuel
> will become available.

Heh. If you believe that - that there's another alternative in the
wings that is cheap and as plentiful as oil that can be used to fuel
our car-based society to the level we're accustomed to now - then I
have a bridge to sell you. :-)

> Like I said though, there is no shortage of oil
> and won't be for a long time. Two, maybe three hundred years worth at least.

And you'd be in disagreement with virtually every expert on this
subject. Just google peak oil and do the research and you'll see what I
mean.

> My beef remember, is not really the price of the fuel, but the taxes
> which are applied to it in the name of conservation. These taxes are
> simply used by the gov't for the gov't to waste as they please to. That
> is the issue which makes my blood boil.

So you won't gripe when the extra $5 to $10 dollars on a gallon of gas
is not tax but just the true cost of a diminishing renewable resource
in hot demand? As long as it's not going towards taxes?

> The train or whatever nifty new name is applied, simply isn't what the
> doctor ordered for North American and something else will replace the
> oil fueled autos which we use today.

You really need to do some research on viability and limitations of
alternative energy sources. What you are banking on is ... really,
nothing short of a miracle.

> And no, don't lay blame on SUV's
> as they're only a small recent part of the problem.

They are a symptom of the problem, a symptom that we're nearing the
peak. It's the dinosaur principle: when energy is cheap and abundant,
creatures get bigger and bigger and more abundant. But then they
consume so much energy, and it reaches a peak and the energy can no
longer keep up the rate of growth... and the dinosaurs die out in mass
extinctions because they starve to death before they can adapt.

> The future isn't bleak and we're certainly taxed too high at the
> present. So don't buy that horse too quickly as it won't be street
> legal in our lifetime :-)

I sure hope you're right.

jen

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