Wouldn't that be acting like an oil cartel? Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 26, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Please don't shoot me for saying this but if there is so much demand for oil > from overpopulated countries like China and India then should we consider > hoarding our oil or at least limiting the amount we export to these rapidly > growing third world economies so that they don't deplete the worlds supply? > What would be ramifications of such a plan? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 26, 2012, at 1:53 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I read yesterday that gas is expected to hit $5/gal by the end of the year, > due mostly to Iran and demand from China and India. What I haven't found is > a prediction of the cost spread between gasoline and Diesel. > We saw a two car accident on I-44 Friday night - a red Fiat 500 rear-ended > a cream colored one! There is a Fiat dealerin OKC, but I don't usually see > enough of them to expect them to be running into each other! > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Isn't it amazing to see how fuel economy has become the big story lately? > Its always the "New 30mpg super-whatever" now rather than the "3000hp > super-whatever" that it was 2 years ago. > > I think that the new hybrids/electric/whatevers helping push higher > efficiency in regular gas cars. Well I suppose $3.50/gal gas helps that too. > > After the new Super Bowl commercial I really want to test-drive a Fiat 500 > Abarth, then I looked up the specs and I really really want to test drive > one... > > > -Curt > > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:45:45 -0500 > From: Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Volt Owner > Message-ID: <780f0312-9011-4283-b63d-2cf69f279...@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I have to agree with Grant. While I'm all for saving energy, the math > these people use, even if accurate, still fails to take a lot of the > upstream costs into account, especially the cost of generating the > electricity necessary to charge the thing. > > I have to believe that if this is factored in accurately, an electric car, > coupled with the high cost of battery technology, is still far more > expensive from a cost per mile than one running on fossil fuels. > > That being said, if solar costs could ever be brought into a manageable > range, if you lived in an area where solar made sense and you could > generate your own power, maybe, just maybe, it might approach a realistic > cost. > > It's unlikely to happen in our lifetime, I believe, so that's not > something I'm counting on. > > I think the best place to put our development dollars is to raise the > corporate CAFE standards. If Detroit is forced to develop more efficient > cars, and I believe they can, electric vehicles won't stand a chance of > being realistic unless something spectacular would occur with battery > technology. > > Where's that 100 MPG carburetor when you need it? > > <grin> > > Dan > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 1992 300D 2.5T > 1990 300D 2.5T > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
