tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post2445985293201014744..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: The solution to high gas prices? Let's put in a 62 mpg mandate !!!The Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-53673538651045195132011-03-01T23:05:04.074-06:002011-03-01T23:05:04.074-06:00Ralph, you're breaking my scroll wheel!
Yes, ...Ralph, you're breaking my scroll wheel!<br /><br />Yes, the Hummer will eventually have to be replaced. If the hybrid's emission savings cannot offset its emissions of production, then the socially responsible environmental solution is to drive the Hummer until it dies a natural death and then get a fuel-efficient vehicle.<br /><br />Yes, the market will come up with better technology. Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-7359637366819152382011-02-28T01:00:33.473-06:002011-02-28T01:00:33.473-06:00Nick - one thing I respect about you is your willi...Nick - one thing I respect about you is your willingness to do your homework.<br /><br />SC1, 2: granted, but sooner or later that vehicle's going to get replaced regardless.<br /><br />SC3: That's today; if there's a bigger market shouldn't the free market come up with improved technology? Besides, hybrids alone aren't the answer: a hybrid Suburban still gets crappy mileage.<Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-14357674032777132252011-02-27T21:55:43.288-06:002011-02-27T21:55:43.288-06:00Side cost 1: The production of Joe Bob's picku...Side cost 1: The production of Joe Bob's pickup released CO2 which is already in the atmosphere: a sunk cost. The CO2 emitted to produce his new hybrid is NOT a sunk cost. His new car will have to make up the difference in energy and emissions AND it's own production emissions.<br /><br />Side Cost 2: Joe Bob might actually need that large vehicle to carry things related to his income.<brHot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-9750542447853834172011-02-27T15:39:16.895-06:002011-02-27T15:39:16.895-06:00Why not a market based solution that doesn't r...Why not a market based solution that doesn't require drilling offshore?<br /><br />Let the price of gas go where it will.<br /><br />Five bucks a gallon? <i>I say let it hit ten bucks a gallon!</i> <br /><br />Hear me out.<br /><br />I make a round trip commute of 50 miles a day plus general running around which works out to about 15,000 miles a year. My 13 year old Saturn wagon gets around Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-48438615479332798712011-02-27T08:02:57.368-06:002011-02-27T08:02:57.368-06:00Both of you are correct. I was setting my sights ...Both of you are correct. I was setting my sights too low. <br />We should declare that all industries extract infinite amounts of something from nothing.The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-18303755281512462912011-02-27T05:24:06.169-06:002011-02-27T05:24:06.169-06:00If Congress mandated that water run uphill, it wou...If Congress mandated that water run uphill, it would DOUBLE the electricity generation of our hydroelectric dams.<br /><br />If they make a simple modification to Daylight Savings Time, it would always be light and they would double or triple the output of solar panels.<br /><br />If they simply talked in the general direction of wind farms, they'd recapture their CO2 emissions just like the Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-86405481598350035762011-02-26T11:06:28.930-06:002011-02-26T11:06:28.930-06:00Why so stingy with only a 62 mpg standard? Why do...Why so stingy with only a 62 mpg standard? Why doesn't Congress just mandate zero-emission perpetual motion machines for everyone? Wouldn't that solve all the problems in one fell swoop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com