Oops - you're younger than me. Were you a mechanic? I was, waaaay back when.
Now you hot rod cars with a computer. I souped up my TDI with a chip, software and an air intake. Still thinking about injectors... -M Michael Redler wrote: > > I'm a 39 year old, first generation "head banger" and grew up > listening to Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Accept, Ozzy, Hendrix, Crue, > Zappa, etc. In high school, I had shoulder length hair and spent my > time with lots of garage mechanics who liked to make their cars go > fast (I went to a trade school). > > My taste in music has broadened since high school and I get into > everything from Beethoven to bag pipes to Slayer. Most important, I > listen to the words (when there are words) and I think Zack is a > gifted poet. > > I've quoted him once before (alongside Lincoln): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg60453.html > > Some of the most powerful lyrics I've ever heard comes from his song > "Born of a Broken Man" > > His thoughts like a hundred moths > Trapped in a lampshade > Somewhere within > Their wings banging and burning > On through endless night > Forever awake he lies shaking and starving > Praying for someone to turn off the light > > I think it's right up there with Joni Mitchell's "The Fiddle and the > Drum" and even some of Dylan's stuff. > > ...motivation for fighting propaganda from that rag, The Economist. > > Mike > > > > */Jason & Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > how old are you mike? > not often do i see Rage's lyrics in a conversation. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Redler > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 3:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] And what does the Economist say about > running out of > oil? > > > Temporarily? > > There is something about that word that makes me uncomfortable. > We've been > in the process of "temporary sustainability" [paraphrase] for at > least > thirty years. There is nothing temporary about it. > > My interpretation of this philosophy is that "temporary" is simply an > extension through which the rich will get richer and the date on > which > governments decide to get serious is pushed further into the future. > > Temporary means a delay of sustainable fuel development and the > environmental impact of that delay is not something we can afford. > > If you want to promote sustainability, incrementally replace > diminishing > supplies of oil with ethanol and other agriculturally based fuel > while > broadening the search for more sustainable energy technologies. > Instead, > those potential funds are being used to drill wells and dig mines. > > What better place than here? > What better time than now? > > Mike > > > Paul S Cantrell wrote: > In addition, if you look at the world coal reserves, > link here: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/coal.html > > The top 5 are: > 1 US > 2 Russia > 3 China > 4 India > 5 Australia > > [snip] > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
