Gas Rage In Staten Island

Minivans aren't *that* great on gas. Most people in minivans would be better off in mini-stationwagons.

Queens, too. And in Amsterdam, bongs.

They did have the funding to keep putting shuttles into orbit but not enough to fix the heat shield problem?

The problem was with risk analysis and management. If the same thinking were to be used in the building and maintenance of nuclear power we'd have a big problem. Well, maybe we already do but have been kinda lucky so far.

florian /FF/

And I agree - but the point I was making was that there was a valid reason for tapping the SPR (gap in crude supply due to tankers being delayed).

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles

Well that is pretty much what the reserves were created for. Very short term national type emergencies.

Ken

Again the benefits are worth the risk.

Ken

Yeah and a lot of them post to usenet.

Ken

Ken, for the love of...well, Usenet, please learn to QUOTE!

TYVM, BS

I'm sorry uncle Bill.

Ken

Yes indeed. I was a bit surprised to see this from Statistics Canada dated 07 Jun 05: "The median commuting distance of Canadian women is 6.1 kilometres. That means half live at least 6.1 kilometres from work and the other half live closer. Men tend to go farther afield to their jobs: their median one-way commute is 7.8 kilometres.

How far we live from work determines our mode of transportation. Among those who drive, the average median distance for women is 7.0 kilometres, whereas for men it is 8.8 kilometres. Those who take public transit, cycle or walk have shorter commutes." http://142.206.72.67/02/02e/02e_supp/02e_supp_002_e.htm John Kane Kingston ON

yup we got the Queen, you guys have Curious George :-)

The only way scarcity without price increases drops consumption is by simply having no fuel for sale at any cost, which is what I said. But it's not gonna happen, prices will rise until demand and supply match up again.

Jasper

Exactly. It's not like NASA can just shuffle money around without congressional approval, you know. And the problem *still* isn't solved after a year and a half and however many billion they threw at it lately.

Jasper

"Chain reaction explosion"? What do you think spent nuclear fuel is, a bomb waiting to happen? Free clue: This isn't weapons-grade material. You couldn't get it to blow up spectacularly if you tried. the stuff is completely inert, except for the radioactivity. So your scenario ends in "that tank cracks and leaks some radioactive material into the wild, the other tanks pile up but maintain containment, and the cleanup team cleans it up quickly and very little is affected aside from CNN."

Jasper

It's not so much about cheap energy as it is about *clean* energy. All those coal, gas, and oil fired electricity plants put out much more pollution than you think.

Jasper

No, but minivans are pretty cheap. And mini-stationwagons are particularly unsuited for Art for the same reason SUVs are, namely ceiling height.

Jasper

I didn't know there was a sedan version, I've only seen the hatchback and Yaris Verso, the MPV version.

Per D. Sørensen

On 4 Sep 2005 13:44:53 GMT, Florian Feuser /FFF/

wrote:

Exactly. It's not like NASA can just shuffle money around without congressional approval, you know. And the problem *still* isn't solved after a year and a half and however many billion they threw at it lately.

Jasper

The point about all this ' what if ' stuff is that most people don't know enough about potential problems, and most probably don't care, until someone says ' hey this might happen' blah, blah, blah ---

And that is how all these ' nimby ' groups get started and block real progress.

Ken