On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:39:40 GMT, in a fit of unbridled digital verbosity, once
again proving the problem is located between the seat and the keyboard, "Phxbrd"
<phxbrd@no-spam> two-fingered to all:
|>
|>"Little John" <jammin1@no-spam> wrote in message
|>news:ejc1gv8bj4g1e9mdpngl4a29degquc2q3b@no-spam
|>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:41:51 GMT, in a fit of unbridled digital verbosity,
|>once
|>> again proving the problem is located between the seat and the keyboard,
|>"Phxbrd"
|>> <phxbrd@no-spam> two-fingered to all:
|>>
|>> |>> |>> I'm all for it, but as long as we continue our nostalgic love of
|>old
|>> |>> |>machinery
|>> |>> |>> (classic cars and such), we're going to need some oil.
|>> |>> |>
|>> |>> |>See Mobil 1
|>> |>>
|>> |>> Yes, I'm sure it'll burn like a champ when poured by the extremely
|>> |>expensive
|>> |>> gallon into the fuel tank.
|>> |>>
|>> |>> It'll also work wonders for sticking rocks together to form roadways.
|>> |>
|>> |>Any number of combustibles can readily replace gasoline,
|>>
|>> Like what? Alcohol? Have you tried running an older vehicle on alcohol?
|>Or, a
|>> new one for that matter?
|>
|>We shouldn't subsidize buggywhip manufacturers, and we shouldn't resist
|>change because we can't hang on to all of the old. Keep driving the
|>anachronisms for as long as you want to pay extortionate operating costs,
|>it's up to you. Oil will still be around, and if we shift off to a few
|>things like hydrogen, etc fast enough, oil prices could even go down.
Like I said, I'm all for alternatives, but keep some of the old stuff around
too.
|>> |>and they already
|>> |>have a functional replacement for asphalt. It's called 'concrete'.
|>>
|>> Which can't be patched on the fly, costs considerably more per mile,
|>etc...
|>
|>Our interstate highway system has been called the 8th wonder of the world.
|>Is it made of asphalt?
Been on I-40 lately?
|>> I guess we could pay tobacco farmers to grow more tobacco, then extract
|>the tar
|>> and use the rest to produce alcohol, cattle feed and pellets as
|>replacements for
|>> wood pellets in furnaces.
|>
|>Hemp
Hemp doesn't have enough tar. But, the proper varieties have equally
interesting chemicals. ;-)
jammin1 at jammin1 dot com
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"Little John" <jammin1@no-spam> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:39:40 GMT, in a fit of unbridled digital verbosity,
once
> again proving the problem is located between the seat and the keyboard,
"Phxbrd"
> <phxbrd@no-spam> two-fingered to all:
>
> |>
> |>"Little John" <jammin1@no-spam> wrote in message
> |>news:ejc1gv8bj4g1e9mdpngl4a29degquc2q3b@no-spam
> |>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:41:51 GMT, in a fit of unbridled digital
verbosity,
> |>once
> |>> again proving the problem is located between the seat and the
keyboard,
> |>"Phxbrd"
> |>> <phxbrd@no-spam> two-fingered to all:
> |>>
> |>> |>> |>> I'm all for it, but as long as we continue our nostalgic love
of
> |>old
> |>> |>> |>machinery
> |>> |>> |>> (classic cars and such), we're going to need some oil.
> |>> |>> |>
> |>> |>> |>See Mobil 1
> |>> |>>
> |>> |>> Yes, I'm sure it'll burn like a champ when poured by the extremely
> |>> |>expensive
> |>> |>> gallon into the fuel tank.
> |>> |>>
> |>> |>> It'll also work wonders for sticking rocks together to form
roadways.
> |>> |>
> |>> |>Any number of combustibles can readily replace gasoline,
> |>>
> |>> Like what? Alcohol? Have you tried running an older vehicle on
alcohol?
> |>Or, a
> |>> new one for that matter?
> |>
> |>We shouldn't subsidize buggywhip manufacturers, and we shouldn't resist
> |>change because we can't hang on to all of the old. Keep driving the
> |>anachronisms for as long as you want to pay extortionate operating
costs,
> |>it's up to you. Oil will still be around, and if we shift off to a few
> |>things like hydrogen, etc fast enough, oil prices could even go down.
>
> Like I said, I'm all for alternatives, but keep some of the old stuff
around
> too.
>
> |>> |>and they already
> |>> |>have a functional replacement for asphalt. It's called 'concrete'.
> |>>
> |>> Which can't be patched on the fly, costs considerably more per mile,
> |>etc...
> |>
> |>Our interstate highway system has been called the 8th wonder of the
world.
> |>Is it made of asphalt?
>
> Been on I-40 lately?
>
> |>> I guess we could pay tobacco farmers to grow more tobacco, then
extract
> |>the tar
> |>> and use the rest to produce alcohol, cattle feed and pellets as
> |>replacements for
> |>> wood pellets in furnaces.
> |>
> |>Hemp
>
> Hemp doesn't have enough tar. But, the proper varieties have equally
> interesting chemicals. ;-)
Not enough tar? Have you ever cleaned a... , nevermind then - forget
it....