Re: SUVs and global warming

2005-09-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Nick Palmer wrote: It is certainly easier to maintain older cars economically for longer. I do not think so! I spent a lot of time in the 1960s maintaining VW engines, and it was not easy or cheap. In the 1950s and 60s automobiles seldom lasted more than five years or 50,000 miles. The

Re: SUVs and global warming

2005-09-02 Thread Craig Haynie
It is certainly easier to maintain older cars economically for longer. I do not think so! I spent a lot of time in the 1960s maintaining VW engines, and it was not easy or cheap. In the 1950s and 60s automobiles seldom lasted more than five years or 50,000 miles. The warranties were for

SUVs and global warming

2005-09-01 Thread Nick Palmer
Kyle and Jed had a bit of an argument about SUVs and Hybrids and Kyle's old big engined car. When deciding whether a new car that gets great petrol mileage is the best option one ought to remember that a huge amount of energy is tied up in the manufacture of the vehicle and the extraction of

Re: SUVs and global warming

2005-09-01 Thread Jeff and Dorothy Kooistra
-- Original Message -- From: Nick Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 23:30:50 +0100 As far as global warming goes one has to remember that there are two stages to worry about. First, the slow increase of

Re: SUVs and global warming

2005-09-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vortexians- Could we be seeing the the prelude to an ICE AGE. Which they say is preceded by a warming or melt back. The Glaciers are melting- the ice from the artic and anartic is breaking up, maybe mother nature is getting ready to recycle the