A friend of mine passed a Japanese mini truck pulling a trailer with 4 or 5 tons of construction equipment. Guy was weaving down the road at 55. Doesn't seem to slow them down here in montana. A former neighbor of mine hauled water in a 400 gallon tank in his half ton. I figure the water alone was 3200 pounds at 8 per. They whine when it breaks but they will continue to buy what the car dealers sell. I sold my 1 ton GM with duallys and a 5th wheel to a guy who wanted to haul cattle for a living. He thinks I screwed him because he only gets 8 miles to the gallon. The engine is a 454 bored to 470. Balanced too. Nice rig. But. . . You can't save the public from their ignorance--or their their stupidity. Kirk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neoteric Biofuels Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: US Senate panel can't reach deal on fuel standards
> Keith and all: I asked Pinzgauer about sales into Canada. Nope. I assume > same applies for the US. So we are stuck. > > Anyway, if someone wants a work truck to tow a bunch of cattle with or haul > a ton of fuel into the bush, it's been a long while since they've been able > to do it with a North American half-ton. 20 years or so, right? These things > have been getting progressively lighter for a long time. Standards applied > to light trucks that are really passenger vehicles with room for a couple > mountain bikes and few sheets of plywood, are not going to have much of an > effect on the real work truck market - those people have been buying 1 tons > (or topped up 3/4's) for a long time. > > If the proposed standards are applied to those heavier trucks, then I agree > that that's wrong. Go after the millions of "Costcoburbia" pickups, and > leave the real work trucks alone so they are still reaosnably capable and > do not wear out prematurely. Junkyards full of 10 year old trucks on their > way to crushers are not an eco-efficient solution. > > BTW, has anyone got a bona fide reference to the oft-cited statement that > more energy goes into the production of vehicle than will be used in it, as > fuel, during its projected lifespan? I'd like to have that. I have heard it > many times, but where is the reference? > > Edward Beggs > www.biofuels.ca > > > > > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:01:01 +0900 > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [biofuel] Re: US Senate panel can't reach deal on fuel standards > > > > Hi Motie > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
