Yes, and you're predictions are so uncannily accurate let's see:
Karl Rove would be indicted Gen Haden would be indicted George Bush would be indicted Dick cheney would be indicted http://leafe.com/archives/showMsg/310073 Looks like you went 0 for 4. I better start stocking up on my $15.00 / gallon gasoline Yep, they all came out --- Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You heard it here first. > > I predict $4 per gallon gas by the end of '07. > > I predict $6+ per gallon by the time of the next > inauguration in '09 > (with a slight dip in the weeks before the '08 > election so the oil > companies can try to elect a republican again). > > Gasoline will be well over $15 per gallon by 2020. > > mrgmhale wrote: > > My SUV (2005 Suzuki XL-7, excellent vehicle, less > than 19,000 miles on it) > > gets about 17mpg around town, and 20mpg on the > open highway. I am a fairly > > conservative driver. So (excluding increasing > fuel prices over the next 50+ > > years) the Tesla, in my case, will not "pay for > itself" by the time I am > > about 125 years old. But, if I purchase a Tesla > using funds acquired from > > the rampant increase in housing values in SoCal > (yes, the market will come > > back, it always does) then what is it to me? The > very idea of a relatively > > simple 70 pound electric motor being able to > propel that vehicle as > > efficiently (and quickly) as it does, as compared > to a complex air-fuel > > burning engine that weighs several hundred pounds, > is very appealing to me > > from a pure technical perspective. It would be > like me riding around in one > > the the slot cars I used to have as a kid (my > favorite was a Coke Bottle > > Cheeta side-winder model), except a bit larger and > far faster (and much more > > costly). > > > > The logic circuits to manage the distribution of > electrical power must be > > quite complex, and very interesting unto itself as > well. I wonder what kind > > of specs can be uploaded from the machine's > computer systems onto a laptop. > > Oooo00, I really am feeling the love here, folks! > > > > Gil > > > > > >> Depending on what you drive -- SUV at 10mpg - > $2100/year -- only about > >> 49 years and it's paid for :-) > >> > >> > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Chet Gardiner > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:11 AM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: Energy efficient vehicles > >> > >> > >> Depending on what you drive -- SUV at 10mpg - > $2100/year -- only about > >> 49 years and it's paid for :-) > >> > >> mrgmhale wrote: > >> > >>>> ?!?!? Wow....is that for real? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Oh yes, it is for real. I just told Lynda I > wold like to have > >>> > >> one of them > >> > >>> puppies! I figure if I hold onto the California > house for > >>> > >> about another 5 > >> > >>> years I can cut it loose, then use a fraction of > the proceeds > >>> > >> to get me one > >> > >>> of them thar' 0-60mph in 4 seconds itty bitty > monsters! My > >>> > >> price for a 2008 > >> > >>> model with the options my heart desires comes in > at $97,000, plus State > >>> Sales Tax of 8%, delivery charge, and > out0of0area surcharge of another > >>> $8,000. But look at how much I will save in not > using gasoline for the > >>> 7,000 miles per year I drive on average! > >>> > >>> Gil > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of MB Software Solutions > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:52 PM > >>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Subject: Re: Energy efficient vehicles > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Chet Gardiner wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Cute. > >>>>> > >>>>> Here's a real energy efficient vehicle: > >>>>> > >>>>> > http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> ?!?!? Wow....is that for real? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Michael J. Babcock, MCP > >>>> MB Software Solutions, LLC > >>>> http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > >>>> http://fabmate.com > >>>> "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom > software solutions!" > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
