(Alan) wrote in
:

In article Bertie the
Bunyip writes:
"Jay Honeck" wrote
Which is why we're looking at entering a six-way partnership (flying
club, actually) on a 1946 Ercoupe. 85 horses, 2 seats, 4 gph.
The Pathfinder (immediate predecessor to the Dakota) is an awesome
plane for hauling a family in style -- and we'll certainly keep it
-- but Atlas burns 25 gph at takeoff, which makes buzzing down to a
pancake breakfast something you tend to think twice about nowadays.

You are an idiot. I will fly as long as there is air. Gasoline be
damned. I started without it and I'll finish withour if needs be.

Bertie

And if stopping global warming demands that we all stop burning
fossil fuels
(i.e. stop flying)? If you believe that global warming is a real
effect of man burning fossil fuels, and that it is a problem, you
should be looking at curtaling actions that burn those fuels ---
including flying.

Replacing all the light bulbs in your house with compact flourescent
lamps
will only save a few percent of your total electrical use, which will
be swamped by the increased use of the increasing population.

You say you started without - how? Even gliders seem to need tows.

Tows don't aloways mean gasoline. In my case we used an Oldsmobile, but
you can run that on anything...

Bertie