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Ed talks about electric cars and Jim talks about natural gas cars...

And, I wonder, why is it taking so long to develop these alternative fuel
cars and trucks.

Electric would be great for in-town, in-city, short hops, while natural gas
would be preferable for longer haul routes.

And, have you noticed how many trucks are on the roads spewing out diesel?
Might we be able to develop some combination of fuels that would get better
mileage with less pollution?

Could we develop solar panel cars that could be used in the south? And,
could we use wind turbine energy directly?

I'm thinking that it's going to be "an out of the box" answer that one of
our kids will figure out and we'll go: duh!

Price of gas, yesterday, in our 'burbs: $2.52
Eileen Landau

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One thing we should look at, which is/has been a factor in our (Bush)
refusal to sign the Kyoto Accords, is that the trucks you speak of are quite
expensive... some costing more than $100K... and these "diesel" trucks are
such that they are not even considered broken in until they have more than
250K miles on them... to require them to come off the road would be a huge
expense to our freight system... I think we should require cleaner trucks
over time, but we can't really afford to just take them all off the road.

Just my 0.75 cents, as Saul would call it.

Have a great day!

Best regards,

Paul Silver
Focus Professionals, Inc.

Eileen posted:

Price of gas, yesterday, in our 'burbs: $2.52

Eileen,

You poor souls up there in Chicago with the high gas taxes and only 1
refinery (according to my son who lives in LaGrange) to serve the area,
limiting the supply. Down here in the St. Louis area I paid $1.99 per
gallon last night at Quick Trip.

Linda Grissette, GRI, e-PRO Certified, Certified e-PRO Trainer, JIM * The
Best Seller GMAC Real Estate, St. Peters, MO * Mailto:Linda@Grissette.com
Check out my real estate products...with special pricing at
http://www.RealEstateMarketingHelp.com/Special.htm

Paul Silver posted:

One thing we should look at, which is/has been a factor in our (Bush)
refusal to sign the Kyoto Accords, is that the trucks you speak of are quite
expensive... some costing more than $100K... and these "diesel" trucks are
such that they are not even considered broken in until they have more than
250K miles on them... to require them to come off the road would be a huge
expense to our freight system... I think we should require cleaner trucks
over time, but we can't really afford to just take them all off the road.

Paul,

I'd been trying to think of a response to some of these posts, and you said
that part far better than I could have. Thank you.

I'd also like to add more about the "expence" problem.....this time with
cars. How many people in this country cannot afford a hybrid or an electric
car? If we start making requirements, they will be forced to struggle more
and more to keep their old cars running. I know people like that and I
worry about how all of this will effect them and others.

Linda Grissette, GRI, e-PRO Certified, Certified e-PRO Trainer, JIM * The
Best Seller GMAC Real Estate, St. Peters, MO * Mailto:Linda@Grissette.com
Check out my real estate products...with special pricing at
http://www.RealEstateMarketingHelp.com/Special.htm

And again under G. Bush... Republicans all... but to some extent I
understand the point they made...

Have a great day!

Best regards,

Paul Silver
Focus Professionals, Inc.