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Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?

Subject: Re: [OM] Saving the planet or just saving money?
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:51:52 -0800
> From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Pain relievers are cheeper than gas.

Yes, but do they work for gas? That Prius is pretty cramped inside... hope it 
has good air-flow. :-)

> We test drove her regular daily drive and it averaged just under 45
> mpg. Compare that to 15 mpg.

Is dat all you got? My 1985 Jetta diesel will do that, and it cost me $1,000! 
(Although I've put about $3,000 into it in the past six years.)

On biodiesel (which is about 20% fossil fuel from the natgas that the methanol 
is manufactured from), that means I'm producing 1/5th the carbon as a Prius. 
And Obama would have paid me to send that gem to a crusher, as in "cash for 
clunkers!"

> Hmm... Maybe this little trade-off might get me a new camera. :)

Plus a couple f2 zooms, if you had bought a 25-year-old diesel instead... :-)

Don't take me serious, Schnozz. I'm just ribbing you for making the right 
choice for the wrong reason. Congrats on your new toy!

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Giving society cheap, abundant energy at this point would be the equivalent of 
giving an idiot child a machine gun. -- Paul Ehrlich
:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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