This morning, I filled up the gas tank off my little 4-cylinder Ford Mustang. It cost $49.00, which I believe is a personal record. The price? $3.43 per gallon
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get it while you can
anonymous
May 23 2007, 17:26:18 UTC
does using air conditioning decrease your mileage?
some say the U.S. currency is drastically over valued. If this is corrected, oil will be much more expensive for us. the good part is that the rest of the world isn't in a condition to use so much more oil all at once.
Re: get it while you canvaluesystemMay 23 2007, 18:43:50 UTC
I have read both things about A/C. If you go to the EPA web site, I believe it says that A/C is the same as having windows open. I suspect sweltering in a hot car interior is worth the 1 mile per gallon or so
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Re: get it while you can
anonymous
May 23 2007, 20:03:21 UTC
an interesting article in Newsweek or National Geographic or Time explored the "modernization" of China. It was all about the new Chinese Middle Class taking to the road in automobiles.
It had some interesting articles about the young Chinese Auto Industry: They are designing cars and buses that top out around 35 or 25 miles per hour: This way they don't have to develop an infrastructure of roads and traffic management that will handle many automobiles going much faster.
Re: get it while you canvaluesystemMay 24 2007, 01:01:33 UTC
That's interesting. I hadn't heard anything about maximum speed for their vehicles. I'll keep my open for info on that.
China is certainly an interesting piece of the puzzle. With the global economy such as it is, it is very worthwhile to see what China is doing, and to consider the consequences of China's choices. Given the huge amount of capital, coal, and revenue from the rest of the world, forgetting about China is a very bad idea indeed.
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some say the U.S. currency is drastically over valued. If this is corrected, oil will be much more expensive for us. the good part is that the rest of the world isn't in a condition to use so much more oil all at once.
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It had some interesting articles about the young Chinese Auto Industry: They are designing cars and buses that top out around 35 or 25 miles per hour: This way they don't have to develop an infrastructure of roads and traffic management that will handle many automobiles going much faster.
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China is certainly an interesting piece of the puzzle. With the global economy such as it is, it is very worthwhile to see what China is doing, and to consider the consequences of China's choices. Given the huge amount of capital, coal, and revenue from the rest of the world, forgetting about China is a very bad idea indeed.
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