Diesels In England: Why ?
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From: Roger Blake on 31 May 2010 21:08 On 2010-06-01, jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m> wrote: > When you hear someone say "confiscatory tax policies" you know you are > listening to a brainwashed fool. When you hear someone stooping to ad hominem attacks right out of the starting gate you know you are dealing with someone who has no point to make. -- Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled due to spam.) "Obama dozed while people froze."
From: Roger Blake on 31 May 2010 21:29 On 2010-06-01, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > It WILL increase in the future. Bank on it. There is no way out. Oil > company pricing, taxing, and fuel shortages will eventually push the > prices up. Taxing would be the major component there, particularly with current set of thieving politicians in power. However, that can be addressed at the ballet box and probably will be since many people have woken up to the true nature of our recently elected "leaders." The key to more stable oil pricing is to develop our own resources rather than dealing with unstable and potentially hostile foreign nations. Since so much is locked up in nontraditional sources (shale, etc.) the price would undoubtedly need to be higher than it is now, but once that domestic supply chain was established it would not be subject to the whims of foreign dicatators. > Now, when that happens, if you want to drive a Bushhog V8, with > 900 cid, and a thousand horsepower, then do it. BDS noted. I will continue driving my vehicle of choice which gets about 14mpg on a good day. I really don't give a damn what anyone thinks or wants in that regard. (Want to drive some dumbass Prius or other pregnant roller skate? Fine by me, just don't try to force me into it.) > If you are like the rest of us, and if this happens, you will look for > refuge in different quarters. I can assure you that I will not. The price of gas going up to European levels would be an annoyance, of course, but not enough of one to get me to get into some little tin can toy car. -- Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled due to spam.) "Obama dozed while people froze."
From: cuhulin on 31 May 2010 21:29 Some American vehicles, pickup trucks and larger heavy hauling vehicles, have to have big engines to get the job done.And pleasure vehicles such as motorhomes too. cuhulin
From: cuhulin on 31 May 2010 22:21 Fiats are coming back to America again, aren't they? Meanwhile, Ford is considering the fate of Mercury cars.Something is wrong with that picture. Back in the 1950s, my older brother bought a second hand 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser.I used to think that car was a spaceship from Mars, the way that car looked. cuhulin
From: TOF on 31 May 2010 23:25
On Mon, 31 May 2010 19:22:03 -0500, jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt,net> wrote: << Political rant and posturing deleted>> Diesel engines are popular in Europpe for a couple of good reasons: 1. The greater thermodynamic efficiency of the diesel engine leads to better fuel mileage. Better fuel mileage and higher fuel taxes lead to lower consumption of petroleum. 2. Diesel fuel is significantly cheaper than "petrol" in Europe. The refining practices are quite different. You could look it up. The Euro driver can operate a relatively small diesel or a big gasolene burner. The choice is theirs. The USA could impose higher fuel taxes that would help pay for our crumbling infrastructure and promote efficiency and reduce foreign dependence (and obviously risky procedures like deep sea drilling) and help pay for things like the mideast wars that always are paid for "off budget". What is required is a thoughtful and rational discussion without rants, name-calling, and general vituperation. Not likely to happen in today's poisonous political climate... |