OK folks. I am in my late 50s and this is what I remember when I first started to drive in the early 60s in southern California. Gas price wars on "99" highway with the winner being a "Bruce 88" station that would sell fuel for five gallons for a DOLLAR! That was 19.9 NINETEEN POINT NINE CENTS per gallon. General price then was 28 to 31 cents per gallon. As I was just a lowly teenager, my father's wages were about $80.00 per week. Compare both to what you are making now and see what the difference is! Here in northern Alabama we have the wonderful ability to pay $3.00 per gallon or more. I don't even want to think of what Chicago or So-cal is now.
=========================================== -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Brian Tipsword Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:32 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Gas price war / costs of road trips (NVC) More grist for the mill... http://healthandenergy.com/ethanol.htm http://www.cecarf.org/Programs/Fuels/SourcesCarriers.html It is my opinion that ethanol will do several things none of them very good. People don't factor in how much petroleum it takes to produce corn or sugar cane or whatever you intend on distilling. They also neglect to factor in the energy required in the distillation process. Where is this energy derived? Coal, NatGas or? No matter how you slice it the hidden costs are numerous and they far outstrip the usefulness of this energy carrier.
Lastly this is to provoke thought and friendly discourse, not spin anyone up :-) Brian PS The scarpar is very cool! |
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