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Old May 4th 06, 05:02 PM posted to rec.autos.driving,talk.politics.misc,alt.politics
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Default Ethanol in older cars causes gas mileage to plummett??



Darryl wrote:
>
> Bill Bonde ('The path is clear, though no eyes can see') wrote:
> > It isn't folks on the right who are complaining that we aren't switching
> > to alternative energy sources while simultaneously insisting that the
> > sorts of prices for energy that are needed to motivate those changes
> > must not happen. There is simply a manifold disconnect on the left
> > between their reality and their rhetoric.

>
> That's true. High gas prices open people's eyes.
>
> On the other hand, it sure isn't folks on the left who are saying that
> the supply of cheap oil is endless & infinite,
>

I haven't heard anyone say that.


> that the definition of a
> "friendly" Arab is one who sells us that cheap oil (regardless of any
> of their other less endearing traits *cough*BANDAR!*cough*), that
> conservation of resources is a socialist plot,
>

Conservation is not the solution to the energy problem. That's what you
get told but you refuse to understand it. You can't conserve your way
out of this.


> and that every American
> should be able to decide for themselves exactly how much they can
> destroy the environment & threaten national security.
>

You are free to walk and bike all you want.


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It isn't folks on the right who are complaining that we aren't switching
to alternative energy sources while simultaneously insisting that the
sorts of prices for energy that are needed to motivate those changes
must not happen. There is simply a manifold disconnect on the left
between their reality and their rhetoric.

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