Quite right Gord, but not a 'real' dollar, just one of those modern devalued
ones! All the better for us!
Looking forward to $2 to the pound - a US spending spree is calling!
br
Jez
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Ross" <gordross@xxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:43:24 -0700
>
>
> Hi Jez:
>
> But that's for a 'real' gallon.
>
> Gord
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:47 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
>
>
> >
> > "When gasoline is $10/gallon" ?
> > Not far off that in UK already :-(
> > br
> > jez
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jan Steinman" <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
> > Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:07:24 -0800
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> > From: Rob Harrison <robhar@xxxxxx>
> >> >
> >> > The
> >> > Passat TDI wagon looks promising, if I can find a used one in our price
> >> > range. Biodiesel is available here in crunchy Seattle. (The exhaust >
> >> > will
> >> > smell like french fries!) The Prius is another good possibility for us,
> >> > though doesn't feel as solid as the VW.
> >>
> >> Hold out for the TDI and biodiesel! When gasoline is $10/gallon, you'll
> >> be able to make biodiesel from used restaurant grease for a fraction of
> >> that. Gasoline is going away sooner than y'all think.
> >>
> >> Plus, that TDI will last at least twice as long as a gas engine.
> >>
> >> See link below for a vehicle that runs on waste restaurant grease
> >> WITHOUT converting it to biodiesel first.
> >>
> >> Requisite on-topic stuff: the painting on the side of the van came from
> >> an eleven-shot panorama I did with an OM-4ti and Zuiko 180/2.8.
> >>
> >> :::: Given an infinite source of energy, population growth still
> >> produces an inescapable problem. The problem of the acquisition of
> >> energy is replaced by the problem of its dissipation. -- Garrett Hardin
> >> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Van>
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