Originally posted by TexAssgirl@Apr 27 2005, 06:48 PM
naw, I say we just drill in Alaska. Hell, we can now clone any species that we might harm anyway....ha/ha
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Originally posted by TexAssgirl@Apr 27 2005, 06:48 PM
naw, I say we just drill in Alaska. Hell, we can now clone any species that we might harm anyway....ha/ha
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Originally posted by big_14@Apr 27 2005, 02:51 PM
Hey, well i think this could be a good thing gas prices going up in the USA and around North America. the reason is because their is so much waste in the average North Americans day, this could help people to be better with their energy and resoures. Also this my curtail the rise in the sales of 12 mpg monster S.U.Vs, Trucks and such big vehicles. remember, the resources being used today will run out soon. this will lead to problems for my generation (i am now 15) so by consuming at this rate we WILL run out of oil before the end of the century, this means no plastics and rubbers, take a look around you and look at all the things that are made of rubber and plastic, cause those things might no be made for much longer, so enjoy our wasteful North American life of excessive waste for now, but my generation will have to look for new ways of living and making things we need including alot of medical equipment that wont be available to us, our children, and even You. if you want to preserve a good quality of life for your children, and future generations reduce the waste in your life because we use about 7 times more energy per capita then in most european nations.
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Ha ha...actually, I think I read somewhere that even if we did tap into Alaska, it wouldn't be available to us for about 10 years. Hopefully by then we won't depend so much on oil.
While I do agree that we all need to cut back, I don't blame it on soley on the people of North America or the American Auto Industry. They're not the ones building two seater vehicles with V-12 engines. We do have a couple of American vehicles that have V-10 engines and one proto-type that is a V16, but those are in the shadows compared to all the Eruropean vehicles that have the monstrous V-12's in them. You mentioned ths SUV's only getting 12 mpg, what about the European V-8 vehicles that only get 12-15 mpg?? Or the two seater V-12's that get even less. Do your home work before you start laying blame on one country and it's lifestyles.
As far as crude oil goes, why not just un-cap the capped wells here in the states and use what is being held in "reserve" for future generations?? We supposedly have a 100 year "reserve" in the ground here in the states, why not use it to force OPEC to lower their prices??
source -Don't even get me started on planes (especially military jets that "dump" fuel for various flying reasons.)The luxury sport import Ferrari 500 Maranello was the biggest guzzler (8 city and 13 highway) followed by the Lamborghini Diablo (10 city, 13 highway).
I'm not aware of any non-emergency procedures that involve dumping fuel. auxiliary tanks are usually designed to be jettisoned when they're empty, but I've never heard of it being done when they're not.Originally posted by TexAssgirl@Apr 28 2005, 01:36 AM
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Originally posted by TexAssgirl@Apr 27 2005, 06:36 PM
CC - Thank you for bringing up the fact that SUVs aren't the only gas guzzlers out there. You hardly ever hear about people bitching about the other vehicles, when in fact some of the trucks and luxury cars are the worst.
source -Don't even get me started on planes (especially military jets that "dump" fuel for various flying reasons.)The luxury sport import Ferrari 500 Maranello was the biggest guzzler (8 city and 13 highway) followed by the Lamborghini Diablo (10 city, 13 highway).
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Major market sales in 2000 (to the final customer)
Ferrari
1. USA-Canada 1,111
2. Germany 608
3. UK 462
4. Italy 418
5. Japan 277
6. Switzerland 231
7. France 199
8. Belgium 1059. Spain 84
10. Australia/New Zealand 75
Maserati
1. Germany 461
2. UK 331
3. Italy 272
4. Japan 160
5. Switzerland 168
6. France 132
7. Australia/NewZealand 64
8. Belgium 57
9. Spain 45
Total units sold worldwide: 6,099 (Ferrari 4,072, Maserati 2,027)
Calendar Year 2000 US Sales Highlights
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Ford Motor Company set an all-time record with U.S. sales of 4,202,820 eclipsing the mark of 4,163,369 that was set last year.
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Ford was the best-selling brand of cars and trucks in America, as it has been for the last 14 years, with record sales of 3,469,596. The previous record (3,425,086) was set last year.
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Jaguar set a new U.S. sales record in 2000 as 43,728 new customers elected to experience 'the art of performance'. Jaguar's previous sales record (35,039) was set last year.
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Volvo also had a record year in 2000 as U.S. sales climbed to 123,178. The previous record (116,692) was set in 1999.
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Lincoln, the essence of American luxury, achieved its highest sales year since 1990 as 2000 sales climbed nine percent to 193,009.
Among individual products were these highlights:
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The Ford F-Series pickup was America's best-selling vehicle, car or truck, for the 19th year in a row and achieved record sales of 876,716. The previous record (869,001) was set last year. The Ford F-Series and the Ford Ranger, which is America's best-selling compact pickup, combine to make Ford the best selling brand of pickups in America.
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The Ford Explorer was America's best-selling sport utility vehicle for the 10th year in a row and achieved record sales of 445,157. The previous record (431,488) was set in 1998.
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Ford dealers outfitted a record number of U.S. customers with "No Boundaries" sport utility vehicles. In 2000, combined sales for the Ford Escape, Explorer, Expedition, and Excursion were 752,061 - breaking the record (680,212) that was set last year. Ford is America's best-selling brand of sport utility vehicles.
What actually pisses me off is that many years ago, I think like 20ish, we've had this technology to make more fuel economical cars but it had always been shot down b/c of political reasons.
I'm not aware of any non-emergency procedures that involve dumping fuel. auxiliary tanks are usually designed to be jettisoned when they're empty, but I've never heard of it being done when they're not.Originally posted by Dr Rock+Apr 27 2005, 08:46 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dr Rock @ Apr 27 2005, 08:46 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-TexAssgirl@Apr 28 2005, 01:36 AM
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Actually, there isn't that much oil in Alaska. It could fuel the U.S. for 500 days. It would take 30 years to extract it all.Originally posted by TexAssgirl@Apr 27 2005, 10:48 AM
naw, I say we just drill in Alaska. Hell, we can now clone any species that we might harm anyway....ha/ha
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Originally posted by madame_zora+Apr 27 2005, 11:07 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(madame_zora @ Apr 27 2005, 11:07 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-TexAssgirl@Apr 27 2005, 06:48 PM
naw, I say we just drill in Alaska. Hell, we can now clone any species that we might harm anyway....ha/ha
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We COULD bomb them for financing Al Qaida rather than just turn Osama bin Ladin into Emmanuel Goldstein.Originally posted by jonb+Apr 28 2005, 03:41 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jonb @ Apr 28 2005, 03:41 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Originally posted by madame_zora@Apr 27 2005, 11:07 AM
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naw, I say we just drill in Alaska. Hell, we can now clone any species that we might harm anyway....ha/ha
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I'd be up for that more if we had any reason to believe there was enough there to get us beyond six months' supply. I think there are better approaches to negotiating with the Saudis than kissing their asses, but that's just me.
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