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Bruce wrote in
: I could go on but no one is going to listen. No, they would rather ride around in their SUV and weep crocodile tears. Step one would be to forbid aircraft from taking off. Everyone on the planet can live without airplanes, jet engines spewing out billions of tons per year of CO2 from their kerosene burners. That ALONE will stop this nonsense in its tracks. IMPORTANT people, the elite among us, are the ones in the airplanes. They would never give it up....jetsetters. So, their solution is to turn it into a TAX. TAX controls the masses and the super rich simply pay up as it amounts to such a tiny part of their massive wealth. CARBON TAX and $10/gallon gas has no effect on billionaires at all....a pittance in their world....that brings MY world to its knees! TAX can fix any environmental problem! -- Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics. Larry |
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On Fri, 14 May 2010 19:49:52 +0000, Larry wrote:
CARBON TAX and $10/gallon gas has no effect on billionaires at all....a pittance in their world....that brings MY world to its knees! I thought you were running super cheap bio diesel ? $10 gas would actually be good for the country over the long term. It would accelerate research efforts for energy independance and help to reduce the balance of payments defecit. A lot of gasoline gets burned unnecessarily just because it is still relatively cheap. |
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Wayne.B wrote in
: I thought you were running super cheap bio diesel ? No, my diesel cars run on a 50:1 mixture of used veggie oil, mostly canola, and mineral spirits (paint thinner), nearly for free. The stepvan has a frybrid in it....starts on diesel and switches to hot filtered veggie oil after about 2 miles then runs for free! My fuel consumption is in the Honda Reflex scooter...about $6/week. -- Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics. Larry |
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WaIIy wrote in
: On Sat, 15 May 2010 04:07:10 +0000, Larry wrote: My fuel consumption is in the Honda Reflex scooter...about $6/week. Hey bud, I have a Helix. Mine's a 2004. Bought it from the local Vespa dealer someone turned in with 1900 miles on it for a 125 Vespa. He wanted a less powerful scooter. I think your 250 motor must be about the same motor. Reflex just snazzed up the plastic. The Chinese make the same scooter without the Honda profit load on it for lots less. We compared the two. Mine has a parking brake. Theirs has an FM stereo radio built into the panel over where my parking brake lever is mounted and those little "air conditioner" holes we never figured out the use for is where the stereo speakers are mounted! http://www.powersportsmax.com/produc...roducts_id/634 Hmm...price dropped again! $1649 brand new. Honda wanted $4700 for it. It's the SAME scooter..... The Honda drive belt is $82 at local Honda dealers. Our chinese scooter shop sold me the EXACT same belt, right down to the brand name for $18! Guess whos parts I buy....(c;] I live in Charleston, SC. Been as far away as Columbia and Myrtle Beach on mine. Went to Myrtle Beach with two friends driving noisy custom Harley's. They took me along as a joke, expecting to leave me along side the highway. I was bound to stay with them and they finally gave up around 75 before we got ticketed....hee hee. "How fast will it go?", everyone always asks. "I don't know! The cops don't want me to find out.", is my answer....(c;] BTW, State Farm, my car insurance company sells me $100K/$300K/$50K liability insurance for it for $23/year. Uninsured motorist coverage is another $32/year, here. THat makes it cheap to keep, too! -- Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics. Larry |
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