Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:00:25 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
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The recent mandate by congress - which Bush signed into law - which
requires auto makers to increase mileage achieved by vehicles on the
road - is what is driving the laughter behind the mandate. Here you have
a political body mandating a goal that may simply not be achievable
because to get there may very well require the bending of the laws of
physics. In other words , one cannot get more BTU's from a pound of
gasoline than there is in a pound of gasoline, no matter how many
mandates Congress passes out to the contrary. It is that sort of thing
where many of us see a conflict between science and the mandates of the
politico's.
The Public is feeling the pinch of the high gas prices, so pressure is
put on Congress, Congress feels the heat and mandates increased gas
mileage from the Auto manufacturers, the Auto makers feel the heat, and
put the pressure on the Engineers, and the engineers put the heat under
the Techs, and the Techs jump on their Lab Assistants, and the Lab
Assistants turn and look at the clerks writing all this stuff up, when
the secretary walks in an says "I'm typing all this data up for you guys
and reading it and it's pure crap! How are you guys going to get more
BTU's from a pound of gasoline than there is IN a pound of gasoline?
Nuclear Fusion, maybe?"
So there it is. The real issue has been met. Congress gets to say it has
done something, and the buck gets passed. How much better can it get
than that?
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
> Could someone be specific? What specifically did congress say regarding
> revising the laws of physics. I track what goes on, or what they tell the
> public pretty much, and haven't seen anything I could construe as such.
> Specific words please.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> John Rodgers
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:56 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
>
> Yeh!
>
> I am all for vehicle manufacturers being required to produce the very
> best that they can for the public, ie, better mileage vehicles,
>
> BUT,
>
> I find it really strange that a political body thinks it can simply
> mandate events that will eventually slam technology into the solid wall
> of the limitations imposed by physics. Makes no sense..
>
> But then again, politics makes no sense.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Mike Collum wrote:
>
>> I would think it's the part about them scheduling to revise the laws of
>> thermo dynamics that is significant. ;)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> Courtney Hook wrote:
>>
>>> It's about time. I guess all the back door payola from the big oil
>>> companies was starting to dry up now that the Japanese and Asians
>>> have a huge part of the market and the oil companies can't bribe
>>> foreign countries as easily. :-)
>>> Courtney
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Scott Daniel - Shazam
>>> To: 'Loren Busch'
>>> Cc: 'Wetwesties' ; 'Vanagon'
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:46 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
>>>
>>>
>>> Well of course they're going to brag if they have any excuse.
>>>
>>> They are just trying to cover up that they're embarrassed they
>>> didn't do
>>> something sooner.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
>>> [mailto:wetwesties@yahoogroups.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Loren Busch
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 10:14 PM
>>> To: Wetwesties; Vanagon
>>> Subject: [WetWesties] LVC Should Have Been Posted Friday
>>>
>>> Congress brags that it has raised the requirements for gasoline
>>> efficiency.
>>> Also announced that hearings have been scheduled to revise the
>>> other laws of
>>> Thermo Dynamics.
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