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|    =?iso-8859-15?Q?Eric=AE?= to Karen Gordon    |
|    Re: Who Murdered the Electric Car?    |
|    12 Oct 06 23:06:28    |
      XPost: can.politics, ont.politics, tor.general       XPost: bc.politics       From: ericŪ@hardknocks.edu              Karen Gordon wrote . . .              > Eric Schild (ericŪ@hardknocks.edu) writes:        > > Yes - you just plug 'em in and the electricity from the Big Electricity        > > Man in the sky fuels 'em up       >        > (K): Silly boy ..... you probably believe in the 'man in the moon' and        > fairies with pixie dust, too.       >        > You can fuel automobiles with poisonous emission-producing gasoline and oil,       > or you can fuel it with electricity from hydro power and solar power.              Really? How much solar power is currently produced in Canada - do you        figure there'll be enough for millions of automobiles anytime soon?              BTW hydro reservoirs like McNaughton Lake (Mica Dam) & Williston Lake        (WAC Bennett Dam)in BC produce significant amounts of greenhouse gases        due to the breakdown of organic matter from what used to be forest.                     > If        > you think the first is superior to the latter, I recommend you shut yourself       > in a garage with the former - and your opponents in a garage with the latter.              You already live in a garage, Karen.               > A simple solution to two problems.... carbon monoxide from the vehicle and       > hot air from a dummy.                            Eric       ryevpx@hfn.arg       _______________________________________________________________       "Despite the criticism, many consider her the best Governor-General       Canada has ever had." (CBC "Life & Times" - Adrienne Clarkson)               --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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