Gee... suddenly I feel guilty buying bio and realising that the cost of masa flour goes up as a result. Actually, I've heard that some cultures are hurting because coomodities such as corn are diverted for fuel production thus the cost of a burrito goes up. (No sarcastic inflection there!)
I like to think I'm enviromentally responsible. That's why I pulled out of traffic last night, stopped the engine and killed an hour at the auto parts place... because I conserved another trip. I view my little fleet of 300D cars as "the last cars I'll buy." Seems it costs more in resources to produce new, this idea that everything is disposable. I'm middle aged (only 49). I sat in a meeting today with "kids" (30-something). Since it was a Saturday thing I furnished lunch. It was a treat for them I guess, homebaked rye and pump for sandwiches, sprouts that I grew in my little hydroponic set-up... When I was throwing the bread together last night in my old KitchenAid I thought, "Gee, my mixer is older than most of the guys who work for me. My cars are as old as a few. I wear button downs as old as a few of the college kids." I try to keep an open mind and listen as they bring new ideas to the table. > From: Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:18:11 -0600 > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Knock on wood... 300D > > I don't know about the environment part -- a lot of the bio-d is being > made from food crops (soybeans) that take a lot of dino to grow > (fertilizer, fuel) and then to turn into bio-d (transport, refining), > and is driving up food prices when diverted. Also, a lot of rainforest > (cf. Indonesia) is being wiped out to grow oil palms, probably not a > good thing. I think the Next Big Idea is to use algae that grows in > seawater and sewage tanks in the desert, almost a "solar" fuel, but > there is some distance to go on that. > > As for the war.... I guess it has not worked out too well, as oil prices > keep going up. There was an interesting article the other day in the > WSJ, or maybe it was the Houston paper, about the reasons for the rise > in prices. They did not have much to do with anything but profiteering > by the traders, and when that was factored out, the "real" price of oil > should be in the $54 range, which is about where it was some few years > ago. I'll see if I can find the article, it was enlightening. I was > going to send it around then but forgot to get it. > > No politics have been created or destroyed in this email.... > > --R > > Dave H... wrote: >> better for the >> environment and no war required to operate your vehicle :) >> >> >> Dave H... >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
