European Diesel Geo's get around 90 miles to the gallon. The sports
version of this Geo, which can hit about 140 on the flats, gets about
70/gallon.
In the Deutschland, they have worked out a 5,000 dollar modification to
vehicles that allows you to run on processed biological waste. The gov
over in Amsterdam also gives you a tax rebate equal to about 6,000 dollars
if you get the mod. The tough part is getting the bio-gas.
Hybrid electric cars(the Honda is the one I'm thinking of) get about
50/gallon highway and 47/gallon city. The only problem is, when the
battery finally goes(usually around 100k miles) you have to junk the whole
car. Batteries in hybrid electrics are irreplacable as of yet.
I have a '91 Toyota 4Runner. Call me an SUV gas hog, whatever, but when
you live in a place that's getting flurries of snow in may, you'll be glad
you have on-the-fly 4wd/Low4WD. The unfortunate part is that I also get
around 17/gallon highway, and have to buy gas in a small town at around
2.50 Unleaded.
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Comedian
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Posts: 213 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
posted on 17/5/2004 at 02:33 PM
Oh, and if you want to talk about vast humanity-buggering conspiracies by
crazed companies bent on suppressing technology, complain to the computer
companeis that still push for silicone processors.
FREE SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS! CRUSH DEBEERS! The fatuous luxury gems women
desire have been holding back the avdancement of technology and diamond
computer processing for two years now.
Nah, it's straight up gas engine. Makes me wish I had my old supa dupa
hillbilly truck that got 14 mpg on the freeway that I had in highschool
*sigh* Sup that baby up with greasil and it'd be a bad mothafucker...
Comedian: GOOD TO KNOW. I didn't know that the batteries were not
replaceable. I'll get one when they are then. It's wierd that it'd be
like that with a honda...as much as I want to support homeland made goods,
100K miles is usually when you scrap a ford. I still can't believe that my
Pontiac has held on past 150K...my dad's blown away too
I think It's cuz I've replaced just about everything IN that goddamned
engine since it hit 40K, so every few years it's like a brand new car.
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Ironboots
Extreme Fanatic
Posts: 893 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
posted on 18/5/2004 at 08:21 PM
Hell yeah.. Old cars kick ass.
Batteries not replaceable? Hell they ain't! I'd just rip into there anyway,
hell with what the owner's manual says! If it means I gotta put the new
batteries in the back seat because they don't fit, fine! I'll run a cable!
Fuck planned obsolesence!
And if you think DeBeers is bad for holding back the computer industry,
just look into all the other evil things they do... They're a diamond
cartel and they will bribe and kill to keep it that way. Holding back
processing power is just scratching the surface...
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Kira
Member
Posts: 149 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
posted on 19/5/2004 at 12:26 AM
quote:And if you think DeBeers
is bad for holding back the computer industry, just look into all the other
evil things they do... They're a diamond cartel and they will bribe and
kill to keep it that way. Holding back processing power is just scratching
the surface...
Yep, that is why I did not want a diamond engagement ring. It was fun
explaining all that to my yuppie, trophy wife sister-in-law when she asked
why I had a purple one (amethyst) instead. Even when I explained that it
was hand made by a local artist (as were our wedding bands) she didn't seem
impressed. I guess we should have gone $35,000 in debt and supported the
diamond cartel so I could show off how valuable I am to my husband. (insert
eye rolling)
I swear, some people will never get it no matter how hard you try.
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic
Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
posted on 19/5/2004 at 02:27 AM
Hey, my engagement ring is a tattoo, recieved on the Friday the 13th before
Valentines Day (I'm also getting married on a Friday the 13th).
And my wedding ring is a simple, silver Celtic band from a little shop we
know. The two rings cost a whopping 30 bucks all told (the tattoos were
considerably more expensive, but still not as expensive as a diamond).
I'm proud that my fiance cared enough about me to get me an engagement ring
that reflects my tastes, not just spend a lot of money on what everyone
else has.
No diamond cartel support from me!
____________________ "You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism"
My engagement ring is diamonds, but honestly, if it'd been a cereal box or
quarter machine ring, I'd have been just as happy. It's not huge, but it's
beautiful, and he didn't bankrupt himself buying it, because he knew I
wouldn't have liked that at all. It doesn't blind me, it doesn't get in
the way, and I love it. I got our wedding bands at Fred Meyer with gift
cards I got for my shower (score), but would have been just as happy with
tattooed bands, or nothing at all. Michael is just so darling and
traditional he wanted the "real thing", but knows that money and spoiling
is not my main focus in life.
So now for major money/technology conspiracies we've got:
De Beers diamond cartel holding back the potential power of computers with
a stranglehold on the diamond industry, focusing on lavish pompus jewelery
for lavish pompus women instead of bettering technology.
The Oil Industry for continuously feeding our dependence on "black gold"
and buying out prototypes of electric cars to prevent them from coming to
market or for further advancement of their technology (like replaceable
fucking BATTERIES), AND for systematically price gouging their addicted
consumers and strangling oil rich countries to keep them under our
thumb.
The establishment (collective, general, anonymous) for allowing this crap
to go on!
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IamSquid
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Posts: 658 Registered: 27/5/2002 Status: Offline
posted on 20/5/2004 at 12:38 PM
Did Monolycus find all yor passwords and log-in under yor names to have a
conversation with himself?
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