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Gas: The good 'ol days 2229 And cheap oil didnt have much to do with the rather deep financial poo some countrys got into as a result of it... Gas: The good 'ol days 2230 Rod Speed But we remained strong enough to help pull them out of it. Every time there is a war, lots of $ goes into... Gas: The good 'ol days 2231 Nope that didnt happen after WW1. Britain was left to look after itself and made... Gas: The good 'ol days 2232 Of course I'm right. Your silly scenario of extreme civil chaos and starvation etc just aint seen in the first world. We didnt see anything like that even the great depression or full... Gas: The good 'ol days 2233 Rod Speed Because we had plenty of inexpensive oil to bail us out, and help us build... Gas: The good 'ol days 2234 Nope, it had nothing to do with that at all. It was the war itself... Gas: The good 'ol days 2235 Larry Bud from the article, "Eating Fossil Fuels" which you can read here In the United States, 400 gallons of oil equivalents are expended annually to feed each American (as of data provided in... Gas: The good 'ol days 2236 shinypenny wrote in part: So energy costs now account for $1800-$3000 of the cost of building a car? When did... Gas: The good 'ol days 2237 Thats not the percentage of US oil use that goes on agriculture. Doesnt have to be done... Gas: The good 'ol days 2238 Wow, this is the first time I've seen two people arguing with each other on usenet when they BOTH totally... Gas: The good 'ol days 2239 I thought inflation was dead... beaten out of the system... you f**ing apologists kill me. $3 a gallon Gasoline -- THANKS... Gas: The good 'ol days 2240 Refineries have never been impacted in this way before. 15% to 20% of the gasoline refining capacity is... Gas: The good 'ol days 2241 Anthony Matonak Even before I saw that SkyWeb Express site a year or two ago, I personally had this dream of a similar automated rail system. My idea... Gas: The good 'ol days 2242 Pouta If you can find it, there is a good article in NY Times recently... Gas: The good 'ol days 2243 I don't think that, and i'm disappointed that you managed to intuit my thoughts so completely wrong. ly. One... Gas: The good 'ol days 2244 Well, i certainly can't argue against the possibility of such a thing; certainly there are more than enough examples of such behavior... But my perspective, as... Gas: The good 'ol days 2245 Bush went on last nite and categorically endorsed price increases by saying the hurricane affected not only the distribution but the "making... Gas: The good 'ol days 2246 this may be true, but it still doesn't ease the sting much of how quickly (and perhaps irreversibly... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions The latest bad news here: I read that the hotels are exempt from the evacuation because of the stranded tourists. Many are choosing to... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2248 Canada ready to help By ALLISON DUNFIELD Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Updated at 6:56 PM EDT Aid organizations across the United States and... Hurricane Katrina: east side, west side As you described it here, you are right that it would subtract, but you were picturing the hurricane spinning the wrong way. It goes counterclockwise, so from south to north on... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2251 On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:07:07 GMT, Moderate Mammal Hurricane Could Leave 1 Million Homeless When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans on Monday, it could turn one of America's most... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2252 Hello. I agree that the hurricane is tragic. People lose their lives, jobs, homes, loved ones. To add major insult to injury, they have to... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2253 On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:07:07 +0000, Moderate Mammal New Orleans is eight feet below sea level. Cat5 hurricanes have an 18 foot storm surge. Do the math. --------snip---------- A False Environment... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2254 This is going to be bad... "We need to recognize we may be about to experience our equivalent of... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2255 or tree branch, or piece of roof, or garage door, or tin shed, or whatever else is loose and aerodynamic enough to get whipped up... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2256 TooManyTools I've taken hundreds of long walks-runs-biking tours (ranging 20-70 miles); under a variety of circumstances (broken foot... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2257 A number of backpacker water purification-filter units are available. They brag that you can turn toxic waste into clean drinking... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2258 TooManyTools I buttume you're referring to simply walking away from the affected area. This question... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2259 buttuming a Camille-type hurricane with wind gusts to 200 mph, mbuttive storm surges, and being below sea level, it would be foolish to... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2260 I think our Federal goverment is now a cluster- fck of incompetence and waste thanks primarily to uninformed people easily... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2261 Bush was elected the second time because the Democrats were ignoring the reality of the existence of an enemy who intends to kill millions... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2262 The only "disgrace" has come from two sources: the small part of the stranded who reverted to savage behavior; and the government, especially at the federal... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2263 Good. This is stuff I don't know anything about. Can you elaborate on c., please? What... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2264 BC Hey poo for brains the letter when out on Sunday night. It didn't go to the White... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2265 August 28, 2005 The President The White House Washington, DC Through: Regional Director FEMA Region VI 800 North Loop 288 Denton, Texas 76209 Dear Mr. President: Under the provisions if Section 401 of the... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2266 Enumerated powers" is just one of those things subject to interpretation. If the President declares... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2267 Bob Harrington This is a couple of orders of magnitude beyond that, you clueless dumbbutt. You should be having a... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2268 Duh -- my "whinesight" was about putting thousands of people first thing in an untested shelter of "last resort" when they had no clue about how well it would stand up to 200mph winds. As it... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2269 Thanks, but I'd think it would be easier to teach cows to drive buses. On a... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2270 That's what happens when infrastructure is destroyed. You think the storm is over; it is not. Until the water stops pouring in New Orleans isn't going... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2271 Examples? Do you really think that the US is based on top down management? From the FEMA situations in... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2272 This is from Friday: "It reached Category 2 status Friday morning, and forecasters said it could become a major hurricane - a Category 3, with top sustained winds above 110 mph - by Saturday. It was... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2273 They said could. It is only hindsight that changes this word to would. No, they did not. There is this problem of officials crying wolf. It happened in Florida not too long ago. A governor... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2274 So are you're saying that if a major hurricane was tracking towards your general area and you were in the red zone of... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2275 I am saying that most people would do this. There also about 10% of the people who would stay because they don't believe that any... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2276 I'm talking about planning, and good planning accounts for things like this. So you're saying there was this primary plan of using trains... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2277 Gunner Here's a "plan" from June of last year: Here was a test of it just a couple of months later... Morons in line at the cheap station, was Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions fuel, Funny you should mention that. (the long lines, that is) Last night, gas in this area was $2.68 plus 1 on average. This morning, gas was $2.99 on average... Morons in line at the cheap station, was Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2279 True. My daughter is in high school and has a job and now has to pay for her own gas. (Don't be too concerned, I still... Morons in line at the cheap station, was Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2280 snip) Holy kristo, they start that honors crap in 4th grade now? No wonder she's burnt out. I was pushed into the honors program in 7th grade, and it took less than... Morons in line at the cheap station, was Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2281 Yes, a B is an indication of the quality of work done in a compebreastive environment. The problem... Morons in line at the cheap station, was Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2282 And it doesn't matter one twit for college either. It only matters as a screening for the thousands who don't take a break from school. I... Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2283 TooManyTools Bug-out bags should always be semi-filled with spares of clothing, shoes, some staples. Generally speaking, a week's worth of personal... Hurricane Katrina bugging out thoughts Bug-out bags should always be semi-filled with spares of clothing, shoes, some staples worth noting, "staples" means food and water Generally speaking, a week's worth of personal... Speed Bumps Ineffective at Slowing Street Traffic Here's something we already knew: drivers who are forced to slow down for speed humps speed up once they get past the hump in order to make... Speed Bumps Ineffective at Slowing Street Traffic Brent P Children's safety ?? The humps REDUCE visibility (they usually have trees and poo beside them), and they give the driver something else to concentrate on besides the... How to win speeding ticket You could try telling the truth -- not to argue that you should be allowed to speed because somebody else was speeding worse, but to... Breaking In a New Car I'm going to be picking up a new car tonight (2006 Hyundai Elantra VE 5 Door Auto) so... Breaking In a New Car Not much break-in is needed, if any..It is not nearly as critical now as it was once deemed to be. *******Dont drive like... Phew Hey, could always make friends with Alberta instead... "The National Energy Board estimates there are approximately 1.6 trillion barrels of crude bitumen saturating the ground in northern Alberta... Free XBox, PS2, Ipods or gift certificates.....NO Referals Needed By clicking the link below and signing up, you automatically get 50 points. Signing up for ubid and making a... Rev. Al Sharpton caught doing 110 mph Actually it was his driver. This is what the fat cats do. They hire someone to speed for... I've got a bad feeling about this" Han Solo with homage to an earlier movie with Harrison Ford in it... Ever notice how sometimes your internal radar warns you about something that on the face... Need buttistance with auto expenses 2294 I don't know how either agency arrived at the figure, but that's the same as the benchmark General Services Administration reimbursement rate for use of a personally owned vehicle on Uncle Sam's business. Triple... Need buttistance with auto expenses 2295 For maintenance and repair related costs, you can just go through your service records. Add up the costs for a full cycle of services and divide by the mileage to get a cost per mile... Need buttistance with auto expenses 2296 It depends on your car...during the first hundred thousand miles of my geo metro, the expenses of everything from 2500-mile oil changes and tire replacements to PCV valve replacements... Think petrolgas is expensive in your area Cross-posting removed Hi! Sir Lex grin* Seriously though, the high fuel taxes in Europe do have an advantage these days: fuel prices at the pump didn't rise as outrageously as they did... Waxing new car ... Questions I'm picking up my brand new car tonight (2006 Hyundai Elantra VE 5 Door in... Waxing new car ... Questions Well you have access to the Internet, obviously, so the product I use and recommend is available to you there. Some may consider this heresy, but I use a product called... CA Vehicle Code Rear Collision Since you have only liability coverage, GEICO is correct in saying it's not their problem to collect from your opponent. You need a lawyer's advice, whether... California: Land of f*ups 2301 Removed crossposted newsgroup...) That's because California's public transit sucks! If California as a whole would actually develop transit systems that run at 5 or 10 minute frequencies, 24 hours per day... California: Land of fups 2302 Scott en Aztlán San Diego once had an amazing trolley and cable car system. It... California: Land of fups 2303 at 30 The vehicles wouldn't be running near empty if they were usable and reliable. People... California: Land of f*ups 2304 transit It doesn't, not ever--even if the round trip there and back takes a full tank of gas...

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