Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
guy keren guy.choo.ke...@gmail.com writes: actually, driving at 70-80kmh is usually MUCH MORE fuel-efficient then driving at 110kmh, in most cars and under most road conditions... This may *still* be true for many cars on Israeli roads, but it should not be regarded as some law of nature or

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread guy keren
On 09/16/2013 10:28 AM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: guy keren guy.choo.ke...@gmail.com writes: actually, driving at 70-80kmh is usually MUCH MORE fuel-efficient then driving at 110kmh, in most cars and under most road conditions... This may *still* be true for many cars on Israeli roads, but it

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
guy keren guy.choo.ke...@gmail.com writes: instead of going into theories - does your car have a fuel consumption computer? Yes, it does, that's how I know that it is more efficient at higher speeds. I made a point to say that I never did systematic observations or statistical analyses, just

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
2013/9/16 Oleg Goldshmidt p...@goldshmidt.org: guy keren guy.choo.ke...@gmail.com writes: instead of going into theories - does your car have a fuel consumption computer? Yes, it does, that's how I know that it is more efficient at higher speeds. I made a point to say that I never did

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il writes: European lawmakers when talking about pollution and efficiency generally want to lower maximum speeds since it entails less pollution and more fuel efficiency... Let's say, for the sake of the argument, that all cars in France are tuned to

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013, guy keren wrote about Re: OT: Hybrid cars: regarding the hybrid toyota yaris - i've no idea, as i don't know anyone that owns this car. I had both a Toyota Prius and hybrid Yaris, and can share these numbers: I had a Chevrolet Cruze (a typical family-sized car) and was

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread Moish
Don't  forget to put into the equation the environmental saving and tree hugging fill-good. What I'm getting to is that the new type of cars should be priced on a national level (reducing buyer's tax) which is a political issue. Simple beans counting will not

Announce: OSv, a new open-source operating system for virtual machines

2013-09-16 Thread Nadav Har'El
Hi, today we've made the first release of OSv, a new operating system for running applications on virtual machines. OSv is free software, released under the BSD license, and you can find it in https://github.com/cloudius-systems/osv and http://www.osv.io. There is also a mailing list:

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread guy keren
On 09/16/2013 11:21 AM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: guy keren guy.choo.ke...@gmail.com writes: instead of going into theories - does your car have a fuel consumption computer? Yes, it does, that's how I know that it is more efficient at higher speeds. I made a point to say that I never did

Re: OT: Hybrid cars

2013-09-16 Thread guy keren
since most cars are good enough for me - i went with the fuel saving and the feel good solution. i wouldn't have done that if i didn't get it for a very cheap price :0 a car that fits your needs - any car that has 4 wheels, gets from here to there, and doesn't break often - and has at lease