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Re: [FOT] Reality check: Hybrid hype and HOV cutoff in 07

To: "<greenman62@hotmail.com>" <greenman62@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [FOT] Reality check: Hybrid hype and HOV cutoff in 07
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:29:33 -1000
And actually, no, that's not how the Beetle got started. Adolph would  
be astounded by that suggestion.

On Jun 14, 2006, at 2:38 AM, <greenman62@hotmail.com>  
<greenman62@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> If they were a step in the right direction then they would make   
>> economic sense. they are a fashion accessory for the holier-than- 
>> thou  crowd.
>
>   Ain't that how the beetle got started?
>
>   Hybrids maybe a "fashion accessory" at this point, but it's  
> fashion accessories that we need to get
>   the public to start thinking seriously about essential truths  
> we've been ignoring for years... There
>   isn't a serious scientific study that doesn't agree that our  
> global climate is changing.
>
>   Putting that asside for a moment. The real issue is we need to  
> get off the oil nipple. We've have
>   left our national wellbeing to the benevolence of "foreign  
> princes" who have their own agendas.
>   If you think that's "good"... well... I don't.
>
>   I believe hybrids are an interim step, like flex fuel, clean  
> diesel and biodiesel  on the way to other
>   technologies which in turn are an interim steps to other  
> technologies.
>
>   Ultimately we will have to reassess how we live and where we  
> live. These are big changes for
>   any society. The world is full of ruins of the civilizations that  
> didn't survive when change was
>   needed.
>
>   My guess is it won't be pretty...
>
>   YMMV
>
> Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
>
> That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...



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