RC Macaulay wrote:
However, considering the local, state and federal government " organized
response to Katrina", perhaps its time for us to look at another financial
" vehicle" to carry us forward in the competivive world of energy . . .
The government worked well in the past, and with prop
I cannot understand this anti-technology, Luddite point of view.
Jed, I totally agree. A generation ago, the business establishment was
calling environmentalists "luddites" for suppossedly opposing technological
progress (I think they were just advocating an alternative approach). But
s
Richard wrote..
>Old Texan saying ,Kyle. People asking someone to give me something
" >gimme sumpin" gets the reply " gimme's dead".
Jed wrote..What exactly does this mean, in this context? Are you saying
that corporations should not design forward-looking products that consumers
want, or wi
I wrote:
"Or are you saying that governments and corporations should work together to
produce new technology?"
Meant NOT work together. They always have in the past, but that was bad for us
I suppose.
- Jed
RC Macaulay wrote:
A few federal incentives for this would be nice. Then us little folk could
get stuff like this.
Gimme's dead.
Please explain this remark.
--Kyle
Old Texan saying ,Kyle. People asking someone to give me something "
gimme sumpin" gets the reply " gimme's dead".
What
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Kyle wrote..
>>What we need is a bare-bones alternative-energy vehicle What we need is a
bare-bones alternative-energy v
Kyle wrote..
>What we need is a bare-bones alternative-energy vehicle What we need is a
bare-bones alternative-energy vehicle, with manual>everything and no
convenience features that can be made and sold dirt cheap.
We have one.. its called a bicycle!
>A few federal incentives for this would b
Amen.
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:05 PM
To: Vortex-L
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What we need is a bare-bones alternative-energy vehicle, with manual
everything and no convenience features
Kyle Mcallister writes:
"And some of the stuff in
cars is just ridiculouspeople are getting stupider because of it. Press
a button, it tells you how much oil is in your engine. We have people coming
to the shop that don't know how to check the oil in their engine, they just
trust the level lig
hwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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All is quiet in Atlanta today. I see no gas lines. The price settled at
$3.15 per gallon, after the governor declared a "gasoline price state of
emergency&qu
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> Sorry, let me amend that. I have zero sympathy for RICH people who drive
new gas guzzler SUVs and Hummers.
M 03:57:28 CDT
> To: vortex-L@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Gasoline panic has begun in Atlanta
>
> All is quiet in Atlanta today. I see no gas lines. The price settled at
> $3.15 per gallon, after the governor declared a "gasoline price state of
> emergency" yesterday evening.
>
> I do not understand why people were in such a tizzy.
>
> - Jed
>
>
> From: Jed
> I do not understand why people were in such a tizzy.
Really! You'd think it had snowed. ;-)
All is quiet in Atlanta today. I see no gas lines. The price settled at
$3.15 per gallon, after the governor declared a "gasoline price state of
emergency" yesterday evening.
I do not understand why people were in such a tizzy.
- Jed
From:
RC Macaulay
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:28
PM
Subject: Re: Gasoline panic has begun in
Atlanta
Kyle wrote..
I am a full timeClass A mechanic in the nearly jobless Buffalo
New York area, bringing homea little over $12,000/yr
Kyle wrote..
I am a full timeClass A mechanic in the nearly jobless Buffalo New
York area, bringing homea little over $12,000/yr. That, to say the least,
sucks. Especially here ..
Kyle , 12k is below the welfare rate. You would be better off moving back to
ole Miss and get a job rebuilding g
OrionWorks writes:
> I can't speak for Jed, but what personally bothers me are those who DO make a
> decent income and
> therefore CAN afford to purchase any kind of car on the market. But what do
> many of them long for?
> What really jerks their chain? The biggest, meanest, the most powerful
> From: Jed Rothwell
> I would say I am praying for them, but alas I am stone cold atheist, and I do
> not pray for anything.
But, of course, you hope for the best for them. Pas de difference.
You are a wise man, Jed; however, I protest that you do not know enough to
prove a negative. A wise
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From: "Kyle Mcallister"
> From: "Jed Rothwell"
> I told her "serves you right f
Kyle Mcallister writes:
"> I am sorry, but I have zero sympathy for people who
> drive gas guzzlers. They should have known this was going to happen sooner
> or later.
You go too far here. I'm sorry, but I am sure I am not the only one here who is
getting a little tired of the holier than thou t
> From: "Kyle Mcallister"
> > From: "Jed Rothwell"
>
>
> > I told her "serves you right for driving that big car!"
> > It serves the whole damn nation right. I am sorry,
> > but I have zero sympathy for people who drive gas
> > guzzlers. They should have known this was going to
> > happen soo
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> I told her "serves you right for driving that big car!" It serves the
whole
> damn nation ri
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From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:30 PM
Subject: Gasoline panic has begun in Atlanta
a friend of mine with an SUV just called. She went to three gas stations in
Atlanta and they were out of gasoline
> From: Jed Rothwell
> Woops. Maybe it is not an artificial shortage. See:
>
> http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0805/31bizgasprices.html
>
> "The two pipelines that bring gasoline and jet fuel to the region are down
> powerless to pump as Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on electrical
The metro Atlanta region generally has about a 10-day supply of gasoline
in inventory,
Wow.
I'm typically not a doom 'n gloomer type, but this is scary. And the
northeast grid shutdown in 2003?
Methinks we ain't seen nothin' yet.
s
Woops. Maybe it is not an artificial shortage. See:
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0805/31bizgasprices.html
"The two pipelines that bring gasoline and jet fuel to the region are down
powerless to pump as Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on electrical
infrastructure.
The metro Atla
a friend of mine with an SUV just called. She went to three gas stations in
Atlanta and they were out of gasoline. The fourth one, Citigo, was selling
premium gasoline at $3.50 per gallon and they expect the price to rise to
$4.00 within a few days.
I told her "serves you right for driving tha
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