My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil

Anthony W wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:
Just buy a golf cart...

Those are a bit cold in winter around here...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA

And damp around here in NW Oregon.

Tony

OK, you bunch of whiners, when I was a child I had to walk 15 miles
to school in my bare feet in the sleet and snow, up hill.....both ways.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

See! If you'd have had a freeway, you could've taken a school bus to
school...

Scott


Dan wrote:
Anthony W wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:

Just buy a golf cart...


Those are a bit cold in winter around here...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA


And damp around here in NW Oregon.

Tony


OK, you bunch of whiners, when I was a child I had to walk 15 miles to
school in my bare feet in the sleet and snow, up hill.....both ways.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

--
Scott
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die
Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version)

"Dan" wrote:

OK, you bunch of whiners, when I was a child I had to walk 15 miles to
school in my bare feet in the sleet and snow, up hill.....both ways.



Luxury!

At least you had feet. Our mom used ours to make soup. We had to walk to
school on the stumps!

--
Dan

"Don't make me nervous when I'm carryin' a baseball bat."
- Big Joe Turner

In article . com,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Sounds good to me.

Me, too.

I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile
(round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as
my next vehicle.

convert one. I am converting a 1978 Citroen and will have a 10 mile range at 35mph (what
I need for my commute) for aroung US$1500 invested.

there is a very good list I can point you to if you are interested.

You being in the US makes its much easier than it has been for me


--
Eduardo K. |
http://www.carfun.cl | I'm white and nerdy
http://ev.nn.cl | Weird Al
|

In article ,
Matt Barrow wrote:

by the grid or by a windmill at home.

A windmill at home is not likely to have the output to power an all-electric
car for more than a few yards.

you are very misinformed. a BEV needs around 300wh to go a mile, that means a windwill
that makes 1kw per hour only needs a couple of hours to make enough for a local
commute. In my case its 5miles to my job, or 1.5kwh.

If it's a power grid powered by coal, you're likely causing more pollution
than a car that's nicely tuned.

also missinformed. coal (or diesel) to electricity is over 90% efficient, versus
the 30% or so of efficiency of an internal combustion engine. more efficient is
almost always less polluting.



--
Eduardo K. |
http://www.carfun.cl | I'm white and nerdy
http://ev.nn.cl | Weird Al
|

("Dan Luke" wrote)
At least you had feet. Our mom used ours to make soup. We had to walk to
school on the stumps!


That's it, cut him off! g


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
("Dan Luke" wrote)
At least you had feet. Our mom used ours to make soup. We had to walk to
school on the stumps!


That's it, cut him off! g


Montblack


At least you had soup, we had to graze on the lint on the floor.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Montblack wrote:
("Dan Luke" wrote)
At least you had feet. Our mom used ours to make soup. We had to walk
to school on the stumps!


That's it, cut him off! g


Montblack
At least you had soup, we had to graze on the lint on the floor.

You had a floor? A real, honest-to-god floor? You pansy!! :~0

Matt Barrow wrote:
"Dan" wrote in message
...
Montblack wrote:
("Dan Luke" wrote)
At least you had feet. Our mom used ours to make soup. We had to walk
to school on the stumps!

That's it, cut him off! g


Montblack
At least you had soup, we had to graze on the lint on the floor.

You had a floor? A real, honest-to-god floor? You pansy!! :~0


In winter the mud froze and we had a solid floor.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:31:37 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote:

Sounds good to me.

Me, too.

I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile

Rarely do I need one and even then I could leave a bit earlier. OTOH
what happens to all the cars?

(round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as
my next vehicle.

About that time most of your neighbors will do the same, there will be
no off peak times any more due to every one getting their batteries
charged at night, and we'll discover we don't have either the
electrical generating capacity from those smoky, coal burning plants,
nor the electrical grid capacity to deliver it.

Roger (K8RI)