On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 at 14:14 -0600, Grant Shipley wrote: > I just had to vent and I know the PLUG loves OT conversations. :) > > http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/31/news/gas_prices/index.htm > > Does our government not realize this is killing the average American? > Has the president even made a comment about how this is hurting > families? Or -- maybe they don't care as they get money from the oil > and auto companies to get them elected and tax the crap of out gas to > pay their salary? Or maybe its because they have state owned cars > where they don't have to pay for gas? > > We can put a man on the moon. > We can send a probe to land on mars. > We can invent nuclear weapons. > We can fly in the air. > We can cure most medical problems. > We can now communicate instantly anywhere in the world. > We can watch live sporting events from anywhere in the world. > > Then why in the hell can't I get more than 30mpg in my car? Maybe > something bigger is at play here ........
I recommend we not go here. I do have two words to say to all the people who hate everything about the oil/iraq situation: nuclear power. If this flame war gets out of hand I promise to remove the list reply-to. -- .O. Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. ..O http://hans.fugal.net | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg OOO | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460
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