>>it's very simple for all of us who weren't asleep in auto shop. ;) >>crude oil comes from the ground >> (which is why they call it 'crude'. it wouldn't be 'crude' if it >>came from a better location) >>gasoline comes from crude oil >> (process is called 'refining' ... which means making it 'fine' >>again. so it was ok to begin with, >> but we're gonna make it 'better' and charge you for that). >>horsepower comes from gasoline >> (which is really silly, but we're talking about the English >>Language here, folks. where we have >> cork, york, pork, and work, bough, though, and enough, and so on. >> i mean, horses do NOT like gasoline. not at all). >>and how do you determine the horsepower of an engine (running >>gasoline, remember)??? I love it! Give the man a VW. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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