In Message: 1 on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:36:13 -0500 "Michael D. Barrett"
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> Here's a great one from today's NYT: "The Road to Hell Is Clogged
> With Righteous Hybrids"
> http://nytimes.com/2005/08/30/opinion/30tierney.html
I mostly agree with the writer that a single occupant hybrid exemption
defeats the purpose of HOV lanes. I disagree, however, that a solo
should be able to buy his/her way into the HOV lane. The toll isn't
likely to be a significant burden to wealthy people, and it is so
morally offencive to assert that rich folks in a hurry have more
pressing needs than poor folks in a hurry.
> Finally, someone from the important-people's-set is starting to get
> at the ugly truth about hybrid cars. We couldn't possibly learn a
> lesson from the 70s & 80s when we doubled mileage & doubled miles,
> now could we?
Doubled? How about roughly 1/5-1/4 of that increase (23%, not Mike's
100% assertion)? (And how is that directly related to the editorial anyway?)
from _Wisconsin Energy Statistics 2004_:
Average annual miles per auto, Wisconsin/US
1970 10,980 / 9,892
1975 10,332 / 9,309
1980 9,782 / 8,813
1985 10,455 / 9,419
1990 11,659 / 10,504
1995 12,435 / 11,203
2000 13,293 / 11,976
2001 13,132 / 11,831
2002 13,545 / 12,203
(fwiw, same table shows that average gasoline economy went from 13+ to
22+ in that time period)
(I suspect that the Wisconsin average miles driven are a bit higher than
the national average because Wisconsin is largely a rural state.)
Now go back to lunch!
Now go have a beer,
Bob Paolino
"Are Canadians just Americans who carry hockey sticks instead of guns,
or is there more to it than that?"
--"This Canadian Existence"
Wisconsin Public Radio
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