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[OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears

Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
From: Gordon Ross <gordross@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:43:24 -0700
Hi Jez:

But that's for a 'real' gallon.

Gord

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears


>
> "When gasoline is $10/gallon" ?
> Not far off that in UK already :-(
> br
> jez
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Steinman" <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:07:24 -0800
>
>>
>>
>> > From: Rob Harrison <robhar@xxxxxx>
>> >
>> > The
>> > Passat TDI wagon looks promising, if I can find a used one in our price
>> > range. Biodiesel is available here in crunchy Seattle. (The exhaust 
>> > will
>> > smell like french fries!) The Prius is another good possibility for us,
>> > though doesn't feel as solid as the VW.
>>
>> Hold out for the TDI and biodiesel! When gasoline is $10/gallon, you'll
>> be able to make biodiesel from used restaurant grease for a fraction of
>> that. Gasoline is going away sooner than y'all think.
>>
>> Plus, that TDI will last at least twice as long as a gas engine.
>>
>> See link below for a vehicle that runs on waste restaurant grease
>> WITHOUT converting it to biodiesel first.
>>
>> Requisite on-topic stuff: the painting on the side of the van came from
>> an eleven-shot panorama I did with an OM-4ti and Zuiko 180/2.8.
>>
>> :::: Given an infinite source of energy, population growth still
>> produces an inescapable problem. The problem of the acquisition of
>> energy is replaced by the problem of its dissipation. -- Garrett Hardin
>> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Van>
>
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