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"Prepare to 'Plug Em In""
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batts 1731 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Peanut Festival Grand Marshall"
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06-19-07, 09:27 PM (EST)
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3. "RE: Prepare to 'Plug Em In"" |
Actually, I decided to try to look at the more positive aspects of the electric car. Who doesn't want to be free of middle eastern oil? Not to mention that this car will not pollute the air... that we are today trying to breath. And that is if... you call the air that we breath today 'Oxygen'. Canada? What's wrong with our Canadian neighbor to the north? Last time I checked, they weren't trying to kill our soldiers, and each other. >under the thumb of canada...< I'm not quite sure what you are talking about, but given a choice of buying power from the middle east, or from Canada, I vote CANADA. I'm frankly surprised that I am the only person excited about the 'Electric Hybrid'. If anybody cares.... This car will help bring our troops home. Watching what is going on in the middle east, on just about ANY news station anymore, makes me sick physically. And knowing that it's mostly about oil, makes me very sad. I lvoe Canada. What's wrong with the Canadians? I must be missing something, because I always viewed the Canadian people to be some of the friendliest people around!
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jbug 17146 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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06-21-07, 02:53 PM (EST)
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17. "RE: Prepare to 'Plug Em In"" |
Don't be too hard on Wayne. I think he mis-read "clown" as "cow" - that's all. Just an innocent little mistake. Sharina gave me this Southern Comfort so blame her if I get hot silly.
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dabo 26942 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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06-21-07, 01:00 AM (EST)
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15. "RE: Prepare to 'Plug Em In"" |
Oh yeah, that's right, Canada blamed Ohio. Fair is fair, I never had a problem with that. I seem to recall that squirrels or chipmonks or wombats or something also got blamed at some point. That's a great thing about the electrical grid, lotsa blame to go around, fingers can get pointed every which way.Say, here's a great idea, let's place even more stress on the electrical grid and burdon ourselves to rely upon it primarily for daily transportation, that way when it goes down in a big way we'll have massive transportation issues we wouldn't have otherwise had as well as everything else and of course figuring out how to blame Canada. Now, when are you going to do something about those geese?
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smokeysmom 184 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson"
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06-20-07, 09:39 AM (EST)
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11. "RE: Prepare to 'Plug Em In"" |
LAST EDITED ON 06-20-07 AT 09:42 AM (EST)I share your excitement about the possibilities of alternative to middle eastern (and Venezuelan for that matter) oil. The points everyone brought up about electricity are valid too -- there would definitely have to be infrastructure changes to make this viable. I do think that lobbyists / our government don't exactly go the extra mile when looking at alternative energy (sun, wind, used vegetable oil from restaurants!, etc.) and do believe that has to do with special interests (though I don't have the time right now to back that up with statistics -- don't pounce!). I've been fascinated with Brazil's ability to convert to ethanol and get out of the stranglehold of independence on foreign oil. For a country that doesn't do well in protecting children, the rainforest, etc. it seems to be a leader in this dept. Here's an interesting URL: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6817 (Exerpt: "Over the past three decades Brazil has worked to create a viable alternative to gasoline. With its sugarcane-based fuel, the nation may become energy independent this year. Brazil’s ethanol program, which originated in the 1970s in response to the uncertainties of the oil market, has enjoyed intermittent success. Still, many Brazilians are driving “flexible fuel” cars that run on either ethanol or gasoline and allow the consumer to fill up with whichever option is cheaper – often ethanol. ") Interesting topic to be sure! one of Sharninas beauties
Edited for typo
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smokeysmom 184 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson"
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06-21-07, 03:42 PM (EST)
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21. "RE: Driving Survey" |
LAST EDITED ON 06-21-07 AT 03:44 PM (EST)*sigh* is right. Of course the idea of limiting one's customer base is just plain stupid. Interestingly enough, it's not just, or always, affluent customers that want the "hi-end" goods -- idiots. (by idiots I mean the sellers, not the buyers in this case -- that's a whole 'nother thread!) I don't have any legal background, but I guess they can do it because it's private property? and the parking lots too? Does anyone know? double *sigh* And here we were worrying about the stress electric cars would put on the power grid another beauty by Sharnina!
Edited to clarify use of "idiots".
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byoffer 15947 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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06-21-07, 04:03 PM (EST)
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24. "RE: Driving Survey" |
My round trip is about 25kms (15 miles) so I could use the electro-car. I think Snidget could also use the car, despite the length of her commute. She says 60 miles /day, but there is no reason that she couldn't "plug in" at work. I would suggest that most outdoor parking lots in Edmonton have outlets for drivers to plug in their block heaters during the day. The same could happen for recharging batteries. (I do not know if one pays extra to use the electrical lots in Edmonton. Anyone know about this?)
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Snidget 44369 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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06-22-07, 10:44 AM (EST)
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31. "RE: Driving Survey" |
I'm just imagining trying to explain to people about the concept of why other places have plugs in the parking lots, so we should be able to do it here.A few peeps in the warm know what a block heater is, but that whole it gets how cold, your car does what, so it needs a what kinda thingy???? When you barely get winter it is hard to convince people it exists, just watch them drive in the snow (or how they've usually handled snow removal), complete denial of the concept of winter explains a lot. I mean we got shut down for 1 inch of slushy stuff that turned to ice because of the why bother with it attitude. If we pretend it doesn't exist it will go way. Some kids had to spend the night at their school because they couldn't be sent home safely. Summertribe and the living is easy!
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