Icelandair
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skypine69 said:What happens when we run out of oil? For those of you who are blaming the NIMBY's, I turn it around and blame you. Because you won't vote out politicians who support a shortsighted and irresponsible energy policy, we find our selves in the position we are in today. You want to use up all the oil now for yourselves, the he!! with your future generations.
Have you ever been to Europe? The gas prices there are double or triple what they are here. Yes it is taxed heavily, but what kind of cars do people drive over there? They certainly dont get tax breaks for buying Hummers as our wonderful administration has done. I bought a hybird car 3 years ago, great car, gets in the range of 50 MPG with efficient driving. What are you willing to do to make the country less dependent on oil? From the posts here, it seems to me that you are willing to do nothing.
Good luck, that'll leave more beer and pizza for the rest of us.Icelandair said:I'm going to buy a canoe, some sandals, and a loin cloth. Then stick a few feathers in my hair. Then i can live in harmony with nature, and not pollute at all. And the earth will be wonderful again.
So, where are the major Jet and 100LL refineries in the US?
.....Icelandair said:Theres no sarcasm emoticon on this site is there?
A long time. The team that designed the last refinery has long retired. It would have be be back-engineered.Sniper Bob said:Say the orders were given today to build new refineries, how long from drawing blueprints to trucking out gas?
avbug said:Orders? What orders? Whose?
This is private industry trying to survive. They just took a loss...with what part of that loss do you propose they build the new refineries, and to what end? Economics dictates that the price of the fuel goes up, not that more refineries get built.
cforst513 said:i have a 1964 vespa scooter i'm thinking about dropping 2 grand on to get it fixed. 130mpg or so. i may look like a dork but i'll be saving money on gas!
Dizel8 said:Two grand, what on earth is wrong with it that would cost that much??
But I bet they remember the day they peeled the the paper off the back of that bumper sticker that said, "vote for John Kerry - it's up to the women!"Lilah said:414Flyer,
While I'm a bit perplexed by your avatar, your views with respect to car economics are well founded.
My family drives a six year old VW Jetta TDI which gets 46mpg AVERAGE! The other car is a twelve year old Honda Civic. Both get great mileage, are very reliable, and neither has collision insurance since neither of us has had wrecks. Heck, we quite often we can't remember the last time we put fuel/gas in the vehicle. There's a lot to be said for efficient transportation.
Fast cars are fun, very few of them can match the "performance" of 46mpg. Why pay for speed you don't need if you're looking for efficient transport from point A to point B?
Lilah