Interesting, about two weeks ago on the Discovery channel's Myth Busters they did a test on cars to prove or disprove the window myth. With highly sophisticated equipment they determined it is more efficient to have the windows down in city traffic and much more efficient to have the windows up and the ac on while on the highway. I don't remember the exact speed where the crossover had taken place. I think around 50 mph. As far as comfort the opposite is true. Driving in city traffic with stop and go on a hot day with the windows down would be miserable. Oh, how I remember those days. Lenny
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee A. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind Handyman" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 2:47 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Your thoughts on saving money while driving a car-truck-van Long ago I had this discussion and forgot the ending. with the price of gas world wide the thought it is cheaper to actually run your car or truck with the windows closed and the air conditioning on. Now add to that you personally washed your car before leaving or spent $9.00 for the full deal at an auto car wash. with this in mind with the windows closed causing no wind resistance and long distance driving , would you still say it is cost effective to 1. leave the ac on 2. wash the car to keep resistance down to a minumum . your thoughts as a handy person would be? Lee -- Suppose for a moment that the automobile industry had developed at the same rate as computers and over the same period: how much cheaper and more efficient would the current models be? If you have not already heard the analogy, the answer is shattering. Today you would be able to buy a Rolls-Royce for $2.75, it would do three million miles to the gallon, and it would deliver enough power to drive the Queen Elizabeth II. And if you were interested in miniaturization, you could place half a dozen of them on a pinhead. -- Christopher Evans To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links
