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RE: "Give me the rules and let me play"



Glen Powell spake:
> ...when I noticed a sign on the rear of da bus: 'ZERO EMISSIONS
> VEHICLE'. As I got closer I could make out another sign that read
> Electric Vehicle. Where do you spose they git the electric power to
> recharge this sucker? From oil-fired or coal-fired generation plants
> no doubt.
Or hydroelectric maybe?  Hell, even the nastiest coal-fired plants are
more efficient than the plant under yer hood.

> 'Zero emissions' my A**, it's nothing more than REMOTE
> EMISSIONS! Nice idea, but, gimme a call when you git em all solar
> or fushion-powered....sheeeeesh....
I'm no greenie, but I know it ain't gonna happen overnight!

then says he:
> ALL diesels should be required to have the exhaust exit into the
> passenger compartment so that the driver's/passengers' lungs can
> help clean that crap up!

> - -glen
So which do you prefer?  The golf carts on steriods or the belching
behemoths?  Ah, scr*w it! Let's all ride bikes (and drive Qs).  :^)

Sorry, no flame - 'tis been a long day.
Eric Renneisen
'90 CQ 20V