Chit Chat Thread for the week of July 14th 2008
Mon, 07/14/2008 - 1:49pm
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This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related, you can discuss whatever you would like, as long as it is clean. Remember we have families that have their children involved in the GPS fun and we don't want to make parents feel uncomfortable when their children ask what that word means.
Have fun...
This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.
100 posts on the chit chat thread
Is that a lot?
nüvi 750 & 760
Thanks Gary A, I will be checking that page before going.
Hmm, 90% humidity, that sounds like fun.
Monday
woohoo
Garmin GPS V, Garmin Streetpilot 2610, Garmin Nuvi 760
I thought the quote was>>>
Good Friends are like Stars.
You don't always see them but you know they are always there !
A good friend will bail you out of jail...a GREAT friend will be sitting there next to you saying "D@mn that was fun"
Regards, Ted
"You can't get there from here"
Too little commitment to the long term
I see alternative sources wind, nuclear, solar as a way to reduce the need for some oil but we cannot run our current cars directly on any of these unless you have a plug in electric car.
Drilling off our coast lines and in Alaska is a no brainer for me. Glad Mr. Bush lifted the Executive ban on coastal drilling. It is difficult to understand why Congress will not allow these sources from the oil companies.
Our best opportunity would be to convert coal or shale oil into a usable liquid fuel. Germany developed the process in 1919, and used it during World War II to run their war machine. South Africa currently uses this method to fuel their cars. (see http://www.google.com/patents?id=wOsqAAAAEBAJ&dq=3972958) We need a company like General Electric to design and build a processing plant to convert coal into a gasoline equivalent fuel. The plant would need to meet the current emissions a refinery, that converts crude oil into gasoline, must meet. Our government should offer a $10 billion tax incentive to develop such a plant. It would need to produce 25 million gallons per day of gasoline equivalent fuel. The fuel would need to run in our cars with little or no conversions and cost $2.00 or less per gallon. The plant would need to be up and running in 3 years or less. If less there should be a greater tax incentive.
This should cut the cost of existing gasoline from foreign sources. Building a 2nd, 3rd and 4th plant should be undertaken in the following 3 years or less. Build the conversion plants next to the coal mines or shale mines to reduce transportation costs of the raw fuel material.
What is your fix to the problem?
I don't think there is one fix to the problem. One of the biggest problems with the political view is that most of the fixes are for the long run, and politicians are only working on the short run. So, if something will help 10-15 years from now, (building a nuclear power plant, looking for oil where it wasn't permitted before, building a new refinery) it won't happen because it won't effect this November's election.
Some of the voters also want Congress to "do something" right now. People can already "do something" on their own, like not driving above the speed limit on the highway, or installing flourescent lights instead of incandescent, or using public transportation (if available).
Those things don't take an act of congress, and can have an immediate effect.
Ted in Ohio, c340, 1490T with lifetime maps