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"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."
"Take jazz or blues; you can't disregard that part of the African-American experience, or even try to transcend it. They are affirmations and celebrations of the value and worth of the African-American spirit. And young people would do well to understand them as the roots of today's rap, rather than some antique to be tossed away."
"The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs."
"If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country."
"Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?"
"The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent"
"I think it's easier for African American and white comics to be praised than it is Latinos because they think our culture or our humor is substandard, ... I mean, I just don't think they want to give us credit. I just don't think that they see us as important enough to be at their level. . . . I'm the longest-produced (comedy) at Warner Bros. and I don't feel special. They come over and say hello. But everybody's gonna make a lot of money and I don't feel like I'm special to them."
"But what I learned from my experience in living in a community of almost all African-American people, and what I learned from my experience in living in my own community in Oklahoma before the relocation is that poor people have a much, much greater capacity for solving their own problems than most people give them credit for."
"That profile is more common than not. There is a shortage of teachers of color and particularly African-American males at the elementary-school level."


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Sam Weir, Omar Little, and Don Draper Walk Into a Bar...
Young people do extraordinary things in Hollywood, and make, I'm assuming, extraordinary money. Some good news about television, plus some bad news. And a film wins a very deserving prize.
Aw, all grown up. Little Sam Weir is little man now. Actor John Francis Daley, from Freaks & Geeks, has landed a writing deal with his partner Jonathan Goldstein. They'll pen Cal of the Wild, a comedy skewering outdoorsy reality shows like Survivor. The pair has sold two scripts in the past. Daley is 23. So, sorta grown up. [Variety]
Premiere dates for pretty much all the fall ABC series have been announced. Except for a few, one of which is America's favorite television program. I don't quite... I just don't quite know what we're going to do. If we don't know when it's coming back, won't the nation spin into chaos and discord? I mean, it's Private Practice for God's sake. We need its special brand of late-afternoon sexual snappiness. And we need it soon. [THR]
Oh, but there is a premiere date for the third season of some bullshit show called Mad Men. Who the hell cares about that garbage? In case you're a weirdo and you do, it's August 16th. Pah. Give us our Addison! [Variety]
Hard-boiled creator of The Shield Shawn Ryan has gotten the greenlight from FX on his new series, Terriers. The gritty crime drama will be about two small dogs, a Cairn and a Dandie Dinmont, who solve mysteries. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it's about. [THR]
Young stars on the rise Jesse Eisenberg and Michael Angarano are set to star in the film Ceremony, to be produced, written, and directed by Hollywood scions Jason Reitman and Max Winkler, the son of Henry. Everyone will stand around and talk about Audis, then try to all hit on the extra in the little jean shorts. [THR]
Mainstream weirdo Tim Burton will have a show at the MoMA in Manhattantowne starting in November. The exhibit will feature drawings, paintings, storyboards, various little sculptures, and other oddities. Sounds fun! [Variety]
When you think of films one would call visionary, do you think of a movie like the single-takes Nine Lives or the eerie stillness of something like Silent Light? Well, you're way off. You should be thinking of a movie like Twilight. That's a film of vision. And the Vision Awards in Hollywood will bestow that title upon that film in a ceremony coming very soon. I mean, they're also awarding Shonda Rhimes (give us our Addison!!!), so you know that it's really prestigious. [THR]
Fuuuck, man. This show sounds good. Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire—about the early days of A.C.—has just cast The Wire's Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White, the mayor of Chickenbone Beach. Yes. [THR]


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Having For Thanksgiving Dinner?? Turkey(for most) of course,but what else??
No Turkey here! We're having spiral ham, stuffing, and sweet potatos for sure. I'm not sure what else. We're having the neighbor and his son over because the skids will be with BM and we don't have any family close.
We'll be having Mashed potatoes with lots of butter....mmmm...homemade gravy, dh loves sweet potatoes so he can make those.., green bean casserole with those crunchy delicious (but) terrible things for you , Then deviled eggs, stuffing in a new way of course...until I find the perfect one, and...garlic bread....Cheesecake...and...if dh HAS to have pumpkin pie he can buy / make it himself because I, sd and son hate that. thats about it...but...LOTS of all of it :) no turkey for us dh is a born and raised vegetarian, same with ds and I'm goin on about 5 years. sd was until her mom and dad split so now she's ... 50 50? err..eats meat but loves lots of veggies and tofu? whatever works for ya :)
We're going to my dads for thanksgiving,I know there will be turkey,greenbean casserole(i'm bringing it),pumpkin pie,peach pie(my dads request),one of my sisters is bringing a big thinng of cheesy cheesy mac n cheese,ppretty sure there will be mashed potato's,jellied cranberry sauce,maybe ham,idk... But sounds SO GOOD,and i want it now....lol :)
We'll be at my SIL's house as all the kids will be with their BM or BD. We always have 2 turkey's, 1 is roasted in the oven and the other is fried! The first time I heard about fried Thanksgiving turkey I thought is was some kind of sin somewhere!! It's really really good though. Homemade cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with giblet gravy, 2 kinds of stuffing, sweet potato casserole, stuffed acorn squash, green bean casserole, rolls, cranberry and banana bread, broc and cheese, apple pie, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheese cake, baklava, and wine. Then we'll all clean up and nap for about 2 hours in front of the TV!!
I have no clue. Haven't even decided what/where we will be at!


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Huh. Sounds suspiciously like how Be OS was originally designed.
Actually, that should have been "BeOS", or, more specifically, BFS [osnews.com].
We really need an alternative to complement the directory structure. Something like a light database that indexes files on their type, date and other keywords (I am not even talking about indexing the content here), so you can just select the files you want to list. I am really tired of looking all over the system for files when I know what I want but not where it is.
Of course the problem is to generate as many of the keywords automagically, with the user being able to add more in a simple way... quite a t
The problem is speed
I realize this, plus I am not so sure full text indexing is necessary. Not if you can narrow down the list of files to grep by date, type, and maybe header fields for emails.
I guess it's buzzword time
I read an article on O'Reillynet some time back about a user who was migrating to OS X (it didn't jump out at me looking at the index [oreillynet.com]). One of the really nasty things about dumb full-text indexing is full-text indexing every damn file -- including MP3s.I realize this, plus I am not so sure full text indexing is necessary.The problem is speed
Taking the BFS approach, full-text indexing is within reach, once you intelligently focus on text files. After all, what's the point of indexing executables, PDFs or PNGs? The heuristics to reduce the number of files to be indexed are quite simple. After all how many files do you touch on a daily basis that are text files? And how many of them actually change in any given day?
Also, the speed cost at 2am for running slocate or mklocatedb is partially because it is dumb, and partially because it does everything. Amortizing the cost over the course of the day such that only active files are checked shouldn't impose such a huge penalty.
And, of course, DBD::SQLite is likely part of the solution to the problem. The BFS idea of making the filesystem into a database sounds nice, but I don't think the *NIX world is quite ready for that just yet.
Full-text indexing the rest of the binary data structures in those file formats is not likely to turn up any other hidden messages though.
I guess it's buzzword time
Man, we have it, we have it!!! I mean throw away those old clunky ideas of a Semantic Web, what we want is a Semantic File System, YAY!!! Lets get a startup rolling, lets become billionaires
Seriously though, I'm not sure what but this strikes me as a good idea. Maybe it's those mushrooms from last night...
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]
Being able to add my own filesystem attributes was one of my favorite things about BeOS, though. With OpenBeos making progress, I might make it a goal to get back into Perl & Ruby on the BeOS platform. Perl 5.6 never was ported properly, thou
As someone else has already mentioned, BeOS tried this originally and tossed it out due to speed problems.
Not in the demo's I've seen. Back when Be was releasing BeOS 3 or BeOS 4 (the first release for x86), they demoed BFS and Tracker together. First, they created a live query on the filesystem to find some kind of file. Next, they opened it up in Tracker. Next, they added some files to the filesystem and the new files magically appeared (and the old files magically disappeared).
Next, they demon
By all accounts, BeOS is *still* one of the fastest and best filesystems to ever hit the market. I'll take it over Linux/Solaris any day. I'm actually planning on re-installing it, in lieu of the progress being made with OpenBeos.
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|September 28, 2012, 01:31 PM
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ruger single ten vs mark3
Im planing to use the gun mostly for small range pest controll.
which of the two is more accurate, low maintanance, more reliable? The guy at the gunstore said he would pick a mark3 over a .22 wheelgun anytime because the old revolver technology just cant keep up with pistols, but i kind of like the feeling of the single ten in my hands...I would also like to use reduced .22Z long ammo and .22shotshell but if the mark 3 really is that much better i would be able to live without them.
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from a user standpoint, if you want to use most low powered cartridges, you wil be nuts with a semi automatic. most will not cycle the slide. and some specialty loads do not function well in a semi auto due to cartridge shape.
basic accuracy should be the same. slight edge to semi auto having an ability to mount a good scope on it.
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what is .22Z ammo?
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.22Z long is super reduced .22 ammo (770fps/29 grain projectile), the Z stands for "Zimmer" which is a german word and means "room" in english. Its basically indoor ammo.
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I was also unaware of a .22Z ammunition. As for pest control with rat shot(be aware you are talking really shot range with .22 shot cartridge) the revolver will be your best option, doubt that it will feed or cycle reliably in a semi auto. Accuracy is good with both revolver and auto loaders, if you wanted to get into bullseye match shooting the auto is superior in that timed and rapid fire are much easier. Revolvers also tend to take more abuse before the jam or fail to function.
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|September 28, 2012, 03:32 PM
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|September 28, 2012, 07:41 PM
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The Ruger Mark II/III/IV semi-autos (and the 22/45 variants) are okay to shoot but a real nuisance to detail strip. So bad, in fact, that at least one company sells a conversion to make reassembly possible for ordinary people.
I'd take the revolver any day. I personally don't like the Super Ten because ... well, because a six shooter shouldn't be a ten shooter. That said, if/when there are practical reasons for more rounds before reloading, then it's nice to have the capability.
|September 28, 2012, 07:59 PM
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I recently bought a used single ten. Buying the wolff spring replacements did wonders for the action, and I actually like it. As I have a hate-hate relationship with Ruger, that is a real compliment.
|September 28, 2012, 08:21 PM
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As far as reliability goes, the single ten is probably going to be your better bet and it'll handle the special ammo where the MK III won't. Accuracy I'd have to guess the MK III is a bit better. I have not owned the single ten, I did own a single six which I traded off and don't miss. I always felt like I spent more time loading than shooting with the single six and mine wasn't anywhere near as accurate as my MK III.
|September 29, 2012, 12:56 AM
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I have a Ruger MK II and a Ruger Single Six. But what I have found myself carrying when I am out and about is my S & W Model 317 Airlite. It is a three inch barrel adjustable sight eight shot revolver. It only weighs about 10 ounces. I hardly even notice it on my hip. I especially like it when riding my 4 wheeler or checking my trail cameras. And if you want it is small enough to conceal.
It can be shot double action or single action. And the swing out cylinder makes it much faster to reload.
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|September 29, 2012, 02:45 AM
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Doesn't the Single Ten come with a 22 Magnum cylinder? That means you can run from 22 BBCap, 22 Zimmer, all the way up to 22 magnum.
edit: the Single Six has 6-shot cylinders in 22 and 22 magnum. Posts 14 and 20 inform me the Single 10 and Single 9 do not have interchangeable cylinders. Thanks, meanmachine1961 and TennJed. I have wanted a 10-shot 22 revolver but purposely avoided researching the Single 10 because once I have seen it, I know I will have budgetary cramps until I get it. I don't look forward to that.
I also own 3 Mark II and one Single Six and find accuracy comparable between the two types, except for my Mark II with the 10" Bull Barrel, which shoots like a rifle. But my 6" Dan Wesson 22 outshoots them and ties with the 10".
The stripping of the semi-auto is not that hard. Reassembly is always like putting together a puzzle. So, votes for the revolver.
Reloading during plinking sessions, hands down, the semi-auto, especially with the "Cliploader" tool I have. I can fill a magazine faster than I can shoot. Literally. So, unless you are on an ammunition diet, the semi.
I agree with TennJed. Old revolver technology just CAN, and very well, too. I suspect either the clerk was pushing inventory or has bought into the semi-auto hype and "THINKS" (the quotes are deliberate, because this is obviously is not thinking, but parroting) he has something to contribute to your purchasing decision.
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|September 29, 2012, 02:51 AM
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The ONE THING
The Single Ten fits your hand? Nothing else makes enough of a difference.
Your decision is made.
Now, use the clerk's misplaced disdain for revolver technology to beat him down on the price. Will serve him right.
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|September 29, 2012, 02:56 AM
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I believe the single ten is 22LR only. Ruger makes a single nine that is for magnums.
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|September 29, 2012, 08:35 AM
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Both are great but I'd go Single 10 for what you are looking to do. Can't beat the reliability of a good wheel gun.
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Here's a 15 shot group done at 25 yards with the MKlll 22/45 5.5 inch barrel
Rested/ cheap pistol scope ( Nc Star 2.5 x 30)/ Fiocchi SM320 ammo.
Besides the 2 shots I pulled: ragged hole was 7/8 inch CTC
Not bad for a pistol that's out of the box/ no mods- (cept the scope)
5 shot groups are the norm for what most do for accuracy,.... anything 10 and more is gonna give a better idea on how precise those groups actually tend to be.
Now does anyone have any rested groups done on the single 10 to compare!?!>>>
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Accuracy testing my Single Six vs MKII , both with scopes , both shot from rests , the MKII outshoots the Single Six with ease. Still, the Single Six is an accurate revolver.
Shooting both , at 25 yards , standing, with open sights the difference is not as obvious. Both have had trigger work and the Single Six is just as crisp and even lighter.
On a rare occasion the MKII may have a malfunction. The Single Six has only failed to fire when there was a dud round.
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Ya don't need to fully disassemble the barrel from the lower grip handle reciever to fully clean the pistol. Ya only need to do that when the fouling starts to affect the trigger assembly/ mag area,- which is every few thousnad rounds. I find That disassembly and reassembly can be done in seconds.
I've only needed fully disassembled mine 3 times in the 10 k i've put through it.
Hmmm... I'm a shooten today
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(Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
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The MKIII is likely to be more accurate than the revolver, a little. I have a single six and a MKII, The auto may be more accurate but the revolver is accurate enough and it will not jam, it's much easier and faster to clean, will handle any ammo, fits better in a holster, no magazine to damage or misplace. My MARKII stays in the target box except at the range or during a match. The SS is my holster gun.
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I'm a revolver guy hands down. So much so that I've sold off any/all my centerfire semi's. Being said, the MK series are the better guns. Easier to clean, very reliable, easier to load, more accurate, etc.
But Ruger .22lr wheelguns are very well made, accurate enough for about chore, handle well and will do one thing better than the MK, shoot a varity of ammo.
Either gun will out last you and your kids with minimal maintainence.
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I don't have a MK III, but I have FOUR Ruger MK II's. There is no problem in disasembling them for cleaning, and reasembling them. If I can do it, anybody can do it. One only needs to know how to read the manual the first few times. It is ridiculous to say that this is an issue.
I say find a used MK II, or get a MK III and take out the mag disconnect and LCI.
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Oh yes, it's Leap Day -- the extra 24 hours bequeathed on us by calendar creators due to the not exactly 365-day journey of the earth around the sun. We don't really get an extra day in the sense that this week still has 7 days. Though wouldn't it have been fun if we did get an extra-calendar day? Monday, Tuesday, Leap Day, Wednesday...
Yes, it would be fun. But I've thought about this concept of "extra" time since Real Simple ran an inadvertently humorous piece on what people would do with an extra 15 minutes in their days 5 years ago. In wistful prose readers described what they'd do if time would only slow down for a while -- things like relax in the tub, read, or try out the backyard hammock. As one woman mused, 'Fifteen minutes of uninterrupted writing time would be a priceless gift." Of course, she somehow managed to find 15 minutes to write to Real Simple about her elusive dream. When I read that, I had a realization. If people had more time, they'd do exactly the same things they do now. They'd be the same people. If you can't find time to write in a 24-hour day, you won't find time in a 24.25-hour day. If you don't find time for reflection or adventures in a 365-day year, you won't find time in a 366-day year either.
We have enough time. We're just not choosing to spend it in ways that we find meaningful or enjoyable. The best use of Leap Day is to remember that time is a choice. We have created the architecture of the 7 days per week we have. Unless you're reading this from a prison or refugee camp, if you feel like you're not spending enough time on one thing or another, there is probably some way to change that.
So what can you do to change up your regularly scheduled life? What could you change so that, four years from now, you wouldn't feel the need for an extra day?
This is an ongoing process for me. One thing I decided to change about my daily schedule this year is to eat lunch with my kids 3-4 days per week. I used to just heat something up and sit in front of my desk, but since my 4-year-old is home from preschool at noon this year, I decided to take advantage of one of the upsides of working from home and eat with them. It's a nice break in my day. A year or two ago, I might have told you that I wouldn't be able to find space in my workday schedule, but I've learned that I rarely have to schedule anything right at noon. If I focus more later in the day I can get the time back. So now I don't have to say that if I had an extra 20 minutes during the day, or an extra day per year, I'd hang out with my kids.
I'm doing it now.
What "Leap Day" activities could you put into your daily life?
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How you know you're starting to think like Laura Vanderkam: all day I've heard people celebrating the "extra day", and my internal monologue immediately launches into, "Well, I hope you're using this to look more closely at how you're spending your time. Because whatever it is you want to do with this 'extra day', you should be finding ways to fit it into all of your days."
Thanks, Laura, for getting me to a point where this is how I think! I've become a much more sensible, productive and most importantly less stressed individual as a result.
I decided to take a day and go with friends into NYC to see "Seminar" with Alan Rickman. Then I decided that I will create a new tradition and take every leap day off to do an all-day fun thing! But, don't worry, I still take the time for wonderful adventures in 'regular time' too.
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Ira Ruskin shuold be praised for introducing this bill - let's hope it passes.
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Paying the Price for an SUV - Ira Ruskin creates a great gas hog disincentive
Original post made by Bill Boland, Crescent Park, on Apr 10, 2007
Ira Ruskin shuold be praised for introducing this bill - let's hope it passes.
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a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2007 at 6:15 am
Why not do away with the stupid and ineffective California botique gasoline mixtures and the absurd ethanol denaturing that reduce all California mileage 10 to 15%?
SUVs, unlike Ruskin, serve a function.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 10, 2007 at 7:34 am
More lefty nuttiness - he claims it's "market based" - more like "market manipulation." Drivers of larger vehicles are already paying a disproportionate share of fuel taxes. I thought Democrats were "pro-choice"? This isn't choice - this is redistribution of wealth - stealing from one person's pocket and putting it into someone else's. Most of this money will end up in state coffers, and we all know how well the state manages our hard-earned tax money! I hope this piece of socialist garbage (bill) gets flushed - I'll certainly be voicing my objections. Of course it'll pass - there's no representation in this state. And Arnie's such a "greenie" now - he'll sign it. Oh well, everyone will "feel good" about it, without actually knowing if they're "doing good." More doom for Kahlifornia.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2007 at 7:34 am
Actually his bill is a gas guzzler tax, it is not focused on SUVs, but fuel inefficient vehicles. It apparently uses the revenue from the tax to discount fuel efficient vehicles. I could not get Bill's link to work without a login, so here is an alternate.
Web Link
a resident of University South
on Apr 10, 2007 at 8:32 am
lighten up walter and ten18, this is a conservative move--a personal repsonsibility bill. You know "you break it, you fix it" or "you pollute, you pay to clean it up". Nobody forces anyone to buy an SUV.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2007 at 8:41 am
Circumstances dictate a vehicle choice. If we had a sane energy conservation policy vehicles would be rated on a ton/miles/gallon so that cheapening up and eliminating safety cushions would not benefit the makers. When you consider that it is the auto that makes our economy possible, dismissive shots are cheap shots. The benefits of individual transportation so far outweigh the price as to render most criticisms fatuous. Of course fatuous is Ruskin's stock in trade.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2007 at 8:45 am
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a resident of University South
on Apr 10, 2007 at 9:12 am
Walter, I agree autos are important, which is why is it also important that drivers are aware of the costs of their actions on the rest of us in terms of fuel efficiency and global warming. Then they can make informed choices.
But mainly I was wondering why you are now against personal responsbility.
As to your "main point" my reading of your postings is that your big idea is to denigrate your Assembly representative. My response is that is a cheap shot and not relevant at all to whether an SUV tax is appropriate. I am not sure whether I support the bill either at this point but it is a relevant idea to discuss.
I am not sure about ethanol either but am sure that public action to create incentives to reduce fuel use and emissions IS appropriate.
a resident of Barron Park
on Apr 10, 2007 at 11:06 am
My issue with this bill is that I think it is inherently dishonest. If the goal is to get people to produce less pollution, penalizing them for buying a large vehicle doesn't make sense. The appropriate thing to go after is gasoline
The "correct" way to penalize people for polluting is a consumption tax on gasoline. But Ruskin realizes that doing so is politically unsavory, and instead goes for the easier target of "big ugly SUVs" (which are cousins of the "big ugly McMansions" that lots of folks find morally repugnant).
I haven't seen the specifics of the bill, but just off the top of my head, I'm guessing this bill gives people yet another reason to buy cars in other states. You remember car dealerships, right? We used to have them in Palo Alto...
a resident of Menlo Park
on Apr 10, 2007 at 12:30 pm
This proposal is ridiculous.... If I have a vehicle that uses more gas per mile then I pay for it. They are not factoring in the number of miles driven. Cosnider the fact that I drive 50 miles a week and my coworkers who live in Livermore are consuming much more gas even if they are in a little box car.
Also, I think that it is funny that you think that this is a conservative issue. Who drives the pick up trucks and utility vans? Contractors, farmers, etc....blue collar workers that can't fit a piece of drywall in a Civic.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 10, 2007 at 2:27 pm
It is not a function of government to punish people for actions that are legal.The impact of autos on air quality is insignificant compared to their importance. If the interest is in improving milege, then pay attention to what I said about the destruction of mileage caused by silly additives and by the stupid traffic jams at bridges to collect tolls. You want fuel economy? open up the field of after market devices and see if Iskey and Eddlebrock can do as much for economy as they did for horsepower.
Economy is an engineering function, not a legislative one. And Ira is on a par with Box-o-rocks, our flighty senator.
Let Ruskin debate me here so we all can bask in his aura.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Apr 10, 2007 at 10:50 pm
"I use the local communal swimming pool as my personal lavatory, but it's okay because I pay a little more than everyone else." Are you joking? Please, SUVs are very necessary for certain lifestyles, but not for yours with your tailored suit, low fat latte, and silky smooth hands.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 11, 2007 at 6:22 am
If someone had said, 30 years ago, that you could get people to pay more for a cup of coffee than for a shot of whiskey they would have put him away.
I no longer visit construction sites so I no longer own a pickup, With the exception of uniforms I have owned perhaps 3 suits in my lifetime and the only thing silky smooth about me is my approach to a lovely woman. And I never block driveways. I am meticulous in adherance to small laws.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 11, 2007 at 8:07 am
ruskin is on the wrong track. why not tax people for eating beef products instead? the beef-production industry is worse for the planet by far than the auto industry.
eat a hamburger, go to jail.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 11, 2007 at 12:40 pm
I will never forget the day some idiot was posting a "Red Alert" sign on my SUV about how wasteful it was, how irresponsible "the owner" was etc.
Luckily I caught him, and informed him about the 6 people this truck totes to vacation at 25 miles per gallon, and asked him if he would rather we use 2 smaller cars to tote all of us around? And, while he was at it, would he care to figure out how to put the wheelchair in a hatchback, along with the 6 people?
I agree with Walter...go after the true culprits. He knows of what he speaks.
Be careful whom you judge.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 11, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Americans love their cars, and trucks, almost as much as the
right to bare arms....woe to him who dare to take these beloved
items away....
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 11, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Sorry Phil, but love of a car is no word for it. Need is. I have sought in vain to have DOT develop an algorithm to objectively evaluate schemes for car pool lanes and mass transit based on how far someone can be reasonably expected to walk from home to a transit stop and from a transit stop to a job or shopping center. Believe me if such a formula supported more transit they would have been on it like a hop toad on a Junnie Bug.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 11, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Your'e right old sport, Americans need guns and cars much more than they love them....
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 11, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Draw the Line,
I'm curious what SUV do you have that gets 25 MPG, seats 6 and can haul a wheel chair?
keep in mind that Ira's bill is tied to fuel consumption, not vehicle type, so your vechicle as described is not the bills target.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 11, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Back to the start, if it is about fuel consumption, go to Federal gas for 10 to 15% better milage and go to ton/miles/gallon standards for a true efficiency measurement. This is strictly a stick it to the redneck measure.
And, Phil, Google "Dial 911 and die."
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2007 at 2:50 pm
The bill only affects the initial purchase price. I'd rather see a $1 gas tax or a carbon tax. Those who really need a gas guzzler will just price it into their costs. The reason California leads the nation is energy efficiency is because energy costs more here. If gas costs more, we would figure out how to thrive with higher price fuels.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 11, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I sort of see a use tax as being more logical too, but what if Ira discovered that a tax at the time of purchase has more of a deterrent factor, or that getting a up front credit produced more of an incentive to consider something that got better mileage.
I have heard a number of people that lamented their vehicle choice because of the gas costs, 6 months after they bought it. You would think they could do the math up front, but when you watch the advertising for vehicles, they seldom push funtionality as an incentive to purchase. The ads push cars as lifestyle choices.
They push, you will look cool in this, or affluent in this, or this will take you to scenic places. They typically sell fantasy, not the vehical's real funtionality.
So maybe this is why Ira tied it to the purchase because the average person does not plan to the reality of ownership, but the fantasy of ownership and maybe seeing
Gas Guzzler Tax $xxxx or Gas Saver Rebate $xxxx
on the sticker will influence them more than a gax tax that comes around after they own it.
Just speculating as to his thinking
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 11, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Not only am I opposed to this measure, I'm also extremely opposed to the idea of an additional gas tax or "carbon tax." Why should we give any more of our hard-earned money to a government that can't properly manage what we have already given them?
I'm sure I'd be classified a "denier," although I don't deny that climate change is happening. I just think that the anthropomorphic element is overstated, and is being used as a platform by climate change religionists seeking control over the masses, and who also see this as an opportunity to extort money from the taxpaying public.
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Gasoline is going to become more expensive in the long term because we are finding new more expensive oil reservoirs at about 1/4 the rate we are pumping known reserves. It doesn't matter if we change the formula on gasoline or pump every drop of domestic oil. It's just a matter of how fast you want to "burn" through it and how you want to use the resource. I would prefer to transfer less funds to oil producers and produce less greenhouse gases. We could accomplish this by increasing the price of gasoline or oil through a tax on consumption. It is true that cheap oil has made the "American Way" of living possible. It is also true that other countries have much more expensive fuel and their economies are still growing.
I'd rather give my gas taxes to the local, state and federal governments than to the Saudi's, Venezula and OPEC. That's where a fair percentage of your gas money is going now.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 11, 2007 at 6:18 pm
An alternative would be to make more fuel efficient cars that performed the same functions. Its not like the technology does not exist. I'd like to own a carbon fiber car instead of steel. The weight reduction should net a big fuel savings.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 11, 2007 at 7:11 pm
Anonymous - you make a good point re funding oil producers, especially the Saudis. To me, that means we should be exploiting domestic energy sources, but of course, that's taboo. OK to buy oil from people that hate us, but not OK to drill in our own backyard. Alternatives must be developed, but in the meantime, oil is desperately necessary. Most people do not understand how dependent our entire existence is on oil, and it's been that way for almost a century - that's not going to change overnight. We still need oil. I just returned from a trip to Alaska - that North Slope oil is a vital part of their economy, and it's transformed the state. They love that pipeline. It really pains me to hear people rail against drilling in ANWR; most of whom have never been there; will never go there, and don't understand what's there. Another trendy thing to oppose.
a resident of Southgate
on Apr 11, 2007 at 8:35 pm
Here's the real story.
Nowhere in the United States has there been an atomic power plant built in the country, due to the sole influence of the democrats. France's (of all places) power system is completely based on nuclear energy. So anyway, we have wasted tons and tons of oil and coal and put a crudload of CO2 in the air. Now the Democrats are complaining again about global warming, but if 30 years ago nuclear energy wasn't looked down upon so severly, we probably wouldn't be worried about what kind of car people want to drive. We should convert to nuclear and atomic energy. It's much cleaner, and makes us less depnedent on oil. Furthermore, buying a hybrid car or choosing a higher mile per galloon vehicle is so infinitesimal on the large scale that all this bickering and SUV-hating is ridiculous.
For the record, I get 28 miles per gallon in my volvo xc-90.
by the way, RS, is a carbon fiber car as safe as a steel car? For me, the 3 major reasons i have the car I do are: curtain airbags, big safe car, transport of many people and big objects.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 11, 2007 at 9:08 pm
great idea michael, although you failed to mention where were
going to store all the nuclear waste...just a minor omission....only takes a few million
years to break down....perhaps we could ship it to some desperate third world nation where the regulations don't exist [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 11, 2007 at 9:31 pm
How do you make a Volvo XC90 get 28 mpg?
I assume you have the V6, not the V8.
Only driving downhill doesn't count.
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2007 at 10:05 pm
The initial estimates of the potential reserves in ANWR are much higher than now currently believed by the E&P community. It's just not as rich as the North Slope. There is probably more oil off the East and West Coasts and it would be cheaper to exploit than ANWR. In the long run, I think the country will explore and develop all of its oil reserves. It's just too valuable to leave in the ground. It's just a matter of when and at what price. (I personally oppose granting any new leases to the current lease holders for deep water drop their claims to special discounts which were available when oil was under $35 barrel.)
There are lots of interesting uses of oil which do not involve burning it at cheap prices. The future domestic oil discoveries need to be exploited with some forethought because oil is only going to become more expensive and controlled by foreign entities which might be even more hostile to the US. Solving a short-term shortage may worsen future oil shocks.
a resident of another community
on Apr 11, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Demonizing the democrats for the lack of new nuclear power plants is counterproductive. Just as oil companies have not invested in new refineries, electric utilities have not invested in new nuclear power plants because they did not make economic sense. To my knowledge, there is not now nor has there even been a U.S. ban on new nuclear power plants. Part of their cost is regulatory because of the extra safety measures after Three-Mile Island but part of it is also because it took less investment to build a coal or natural gas power facility with a faster return.
France has a very highly regulated nuclear power infrastructure and the French Government imposed standardization on the designs of their nuclear power plants. France has also not had as cheap prices of oil as the U.S.
With oil consistently over $65/barrel, there has not been a rush to build new nuclear power plants because they are still one-off massive projects with long time lines and enormous costs. Time, cost, and safety need to be addressed for new nuclear plants. I don't think any solution will safely contain nuclear waste for eternity. But we could contain it for 10,000 years pretty easily and that's about as long as mankind has had civilizations. It's not an insurmountable problem. I would easily trade 3 degrees C in global warming for 10,000 years in Yucca Mountain.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 12, 2007 at 12:20 am
Actually carbon fiber can be made safer than steel.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 12, 2007 at 6:18 am
After 700 years, the radioactivity of nuclear "wastes" is lower than the natural deposits from which it came. Deposits that occur randomly.
"Wastes" would not be nearly as plentiful had Dumb Carter not halted the reprocessing that reduces the waste and enhances energy recovery for progressive nations like France and Japan.
And there is a law that prevents constructioon of nukes in California, just recently endorsed by our G'ment.
a resident of Southgate
on Apr 12, 2007 at 6:22 am
I apologize if my previous post came off rude.
BUT, which is hte more immediate threat- figuring out what to do with nuclear waste with hundreds of years to try and figure it out or rapid global warming?
Phil, I do'nt give up on them, but so far all those options make such a miniscule impact on the greater problem, I'm just trying to present some ideas that everyone fails to look at.
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Phil, I'm just curious what kind of energy bill you're running with how many people you have in your family, and what kind of cars do memebers of your family drive?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 12, 2007 at 7:15 am
It is interesting though that all of the emphasis re "man's contribution to climate change" in the media and in many forums like this is on automotive transportation. Not much is said about the many coal and natural gas burning power plants in this country. I did read recently though that ocean going ships are now considered to be a greater source of toxic pollution and CO2 than all land-based transportation combined.
I think that all stationary power production should be nuke or hydro, saving precious oil for transportation uses. OK, wind and solar too, but those are really small contributors. I realize that there are market forces at work, but this seems like a reasonable arena in which to apply regulation, rather than taxing the crap out of some poor sap who wants something other than a whirring transporation appliance.
a resident of University South
on Apr 12, 2007 at 7:48 am
We know that cars are a major source of oil use and a major source of emissions--local and global. We have had a long policy of rules like smog control devices and incentives to stop cars from imposing costs on other people. Our gasoline taxes are tiny compared to those in Europe.
It makes a great deal of sense to have people change their behavior or pay a cost if they impose costs on others. We don't allow smoking in public places for that reason and impose taxes on tobacco products.
Ruskin may or may not have the details right but the idea that American car owners should face incentives to conserve fuel makes sense to me. Nuclear power may be worth reexamining but that provides no excuse to avoid reducing auto fuel use now.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 12, 2007 at 9:27 am
The wild exagerations of the so called adverse effects even of coal fired generators, like the terminally false statements about radioactivity are both tools of the Luddite and the haters of the corporate structure. The tax we pay directly to governments is nothing compared to the stupidity tax we pay to the increase in costs of everything we consume because of the ignorant haters and of the opportunists who see in this ignorant hatred a vehicle of profit. We obviously must use best technology to reduce pollution, but the decision of best should be an objective, technically derived determination, not a vote sucking populist grandstand.
a resident of another community
on Apr 12, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Note that California has cut its emmissions considerably over the last 30 years - all this while doubling its economy. All those who think that environmental controls hurt us shuold look at the success of Arnie's trip to China. The Chinese are impressed with the California record; Ruskin's idea is just one more nail in the CO2 coffin. Of course, we need more, like someone suggested above, an absolute gas tax, etc.
Go, Ira!
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 12, 2007 at 6:12 pm
90% of the emission control was achieved years ago, but like any bureaucracy it is never enough. Much of what has been done in recent years has, like the MTBE and the air stripping of groundwater, made pollution worse. Ethanol buys votes but cuts milage thus requiring more transportation polution, and raises the cost of food. When standards are set by people who gain status by increased regulation, the need for the independent validation of those standards is obvious.
a resident of University South
on Apr 12, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I think we are talking about two kinds of emissions here--smog and emissions related to global warming, but I will let the scientists among us clarify.
Re smog most of California still fails to meet federal and/or state standards. We have been far tougher on industrial smog than on vehicles, despite considerable technical progress there.
However you cut it cars create external negative effects on local and global conditions and we have every right to regulate cars including incentives to reduce fuel use. Finding the best way is nto always obvious but there should be no confusion about the legal or moral obligation not to harm others.
a resident of Green Acres
on Apr 12, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Smaller vehicles on the road result in more deaths on the highways. This cost must be considered when mandates are discussed. So far, I have not heard any discussion of this death cost on this thread, unless I missed it. Arguing to the extreme, if everyone drove a Hummer, the highways deaths would be WAY down; if everyone drove a compact, the deaths would be WAY up. Just think about a car hitting a power pole....
If this thread is, primarily, about global warming, then the thrust should be to get away from carbon-based fuels. Ethanol is a carbon-based fuel. Ethanol is not the answer, for a variety of reasons. Plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles are better, but they produce CO2 at the electricity source, unless hydro/solar or nuclear is the source of the power. Only nuclear could produce the amount of electricity to support an enormous number of electical cars.
This does not seem to be a well-thought-out proposal. People who use the most gasoline are already paying the piper.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 12, 2007 at 10:05 pm
The standards refered to are arbitrary standards that are related to population more than to technology. Very few people dropped dead the other day when smoke far worse than the compliance level came South, and the smoke from fireplaces and barbeques also seems survivable, so perhaps we will be better served concentrating on meteor deflection and other real threats.
a resident of University South
on Apr 13, 2007 at 5:11 am
I disagree that people who are using the most gasoline are "already paying the piper". Our gasoline taxes are very low compared to other develeoped countries. Gasoline taxes have not even kept pace with inflation in the past decade.
The state's nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office has argued for years that CA should raise the gas tax to pay for roads and transit. Reducing fuel use is another reason to consider a sharp increase in the gas tax as are other incentives to use less fuel.
And, Walter, the clean air standards are not "aribtrary standards related to population". They are scientific standards based on the relation between pollutants and health effects. No relationships are known perfectly but these are based on the best scientific evidence available.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 13, 2007 at 5:50 am
The standards ar mostly set by asking "what is the level now?" and then saying "Cut it in half."
My regard for scientists who testify before government panels has gone way down.
a resident of University South
on Apr 13, 2007 at 8:12 am
Interesting theory about the standards, Walter. But it is not true.
The air quality standards have been pretty much the same for many years. What is happening is that as the deadlines for compliance approach, regions are often being given more time to comply. So the standards are, in practice, loosening.
As far as national fuel standards, they are also mostly unchanged from 20 years ago despite major advances in technology.
Amd low-income families can be given tax credits if people think imposing higher gas taxes or fuel standards are unfair to low incmom families.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 13, 2007 at 11:43 am
The air quality standards were arbitrarily set, just like the mandate for electric cars. In many cases they are unattainable as a matter of physics, and the relaxing is just an admission that little science went into their initial setting, but many jobs depend on the regulations. Good, high pay jobs.
The national fuel gives better milage than the California mixtures, and with no significant increase in emmissions. The addition of ethanol harms everyone but farmers.
And I'll let you explain to the guy who will have to pay the doubled price of fuel your mandate would cause that in a year he can take a tax credit. That will be a comfort. Except he doesn't make enough to pay taxes now.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 13, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Oliver says: "Smaller vehicles on the road result in more deaths on the highways. This cost must be considered when mandates are discussed. So far, I have not heard any discussion of this death cost on this thread, unless I missed it. Arguing to the extreme, if everyone drove a Hummer, the highways deaths would be WAY down; if everyone drove a compact, the deaths would be WAY up. Just think about a car hitting a power pole...."
Sorry, Ollie - no cigar.
"Andrew Howard, head of road safety at the AA, said that the growing disparity in the size of vehicles was also increasing the severity of crashes because there was now a greater risk of a small car colliding with a larger one.
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btw,, in case you didn't know, the irresponsible auto manufacturers, years ago, took a loophole in the law that permitted "working vehicles" to have a bumper height of more than 9" from ground (working vehicles need ground clearance, as they were orininally thought of a 'off-road')).
This violation of the spirit of law resulted in untold thousands of deaths, and irresponsible gas use. Look at the psychologiucal profile studies of those who prefer large cars and trucks. there might be a clue there.
The monstrosities that the auto manufacturers have built by flouting legal intentions is pathetic. People should go to jail for what has happened to road safety, the environment, and the genreal sense that "anything goes" on the American Highway.
Last, Hummers have been in the past rated as the MOST unsafe vehicle. That may have changed, but why was it a fact for even _one_ year. It just goes to show how ego can make a consumer a sucker, because there are a lot of suckers out there on the road, driving cars that they thing makes them more important (in some warped sense of importance), yet they're driving a loaded gun - endangering themselves, and others.
American auto manufacturing executives shuold be doing jail time.
a resident of another community
on Apr 13, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Americans love their cars, and trucks, almost as much as the
right to bare arms... Posted by Phil Lanthrop
I agree, especially in the summertime.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 13, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Mike - I drive a large Suburban that I just love. I guess I'm just an egomaniacal psychopath, eh? People should go to jail for what the auto manufacturers have been producing? [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] You want to take away people's choices, lower their standard of living, and tax them into poverty, based on your own values. Check the thread on meat production. That'll be next right? Chances are there's a few people out there like you who will advocate that everyone go vegan, for "the sake of the planet." I just hope the population wakes up before it's too late, and everything really is controlled by "Big-Brother." It's not that far fetched, given what I've read here.
BTW - I also drive a little CNG Honda Civic that's cleaner than any hybrid on the road. It's cheap to drive, but I don't like it. It's about as exciting as a toaster. It cost as much as my Suburban.
When my Suburban's used up, I'll probably buy another one. The Civic? Not so sure.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 13, 2007 at 3:17 pm
. . .as a little followup - I made a conscious decision to purchase my Suburban, and that decision didn't include an EIR. I wanted a big, safe four-wheel drive vehicle to in which to carry my family around. A minivan probably would have been functional, but I didn't want one. While I'm certainly using more fuel in my Suburban than I would in the minivan, I doubt seriously that the Suburban's environmental impact is much greater. As for the Civic - I bought it because it was a nice, safe vehicle for my kid to drive. The fact that we can drive solo in the commute lane was just a bonus. And it wasn't a "hybrid."
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 13, 2007 at 4:51 pm
I'm curious about the Honda.
I assume you got the home appliance to refill, does that work well?
Also, what kind of range are you finding the car is capiable of?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 13, 2007 at 5:10 pm
One more question, where did you get the Honda? The Honda web site lists availability starting October 2007
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 13, 2007 at 5:22 pm
ok, I think I figured out one of the answers myself apparently the Oct 07 is for the current model year, there have been previous model years.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 13, 2007 at 6:03 pm
People who condemn the US auto industry for their failure to produce an economy car don't know what they talk about. Domestic manufacturers produced several economy lines and were rewarded with no sales. The only reason the Bug made it was the exotic of a foreign car. The Henry J was a disaster. The "Business Coupe" was a disaster. The Powell didn't get off the ground. Even the King Midget and the Crosley [with its' Cobra engine] went South.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 13, 2007 at 7:39 pm
RS - we actually bought it in 2005 - didn't purchase the Phill home refueling appliance, as the installed cost was about $5K. We've had pretty good luck filling it up at local PG&E facilities, as well as at airport locations. I was able to find a couple of old commercial-grade home refueling appliances, and I'm going to have one of them rebuilt to install at my home. Once that's done, it's going to be one convenient beast.
I'm surprised that Honda is showing Oct 07 availability, as I've seen some 2007 models running around town already. You might want to give SF Honda a call - they're the biggest CNG dealer that I know of.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 13, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Oh, and the range - well, it's about 160-200 miles, depending on who's driving. I'm tempted to see if I can have another CNG cylinder installed in the trunk, since the trunk is pretty useless (I've heard of this being done by others). That would extend the range to 300 miles or so. Once we became used to the shorter range, and the idea that we have to pay attention to the fuel level - it really hasn't been that inconvenient in the almost two years that we've owned it.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 13, 2007 at 9:17 pm
thanks for the info, ten18. I'm not that close. My current car is running well, but at 12 years/162,000 miles, I want to have some of my learning curve taken care of just in case something major fails.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 14, 2007 at 12:32 am
People's "choices" (as you put it) are not rights. We're going to find out in this country the hard way. There is no one nation more dependant on the automobile than America. There is ialso no one place with as much disposable income. That will not be lost on fuel providers.
America is one of the world's major polluters. THAT was a "choice", wasn't it? We've made some wrong choices in the way of our automobile enterprise. We've been suckered by Detroit marketers.
Honestly, when I see people driving a gas hog, there is simply no way to think that they are somehow not very smart. That's not meant as an insult; it's meant as a descrption of a first impression. That impression is becoming more and more the norm. Remember what happened to the image of cigarette smokers? the same is going to happen to gas hog drivers.
We're also driving more gas hogs than the rest of the world combined. When gas goes to $5 per gallon, or higher, I want to see what tune the gas-hog lovers sing. If the market wasn't rigged, we'd be paying $7 per gallon. YOu're riding on borrowed time, and dollars. Let's see what that gas hog Suburban isi worth on the used market in 5 years. The bet is that it will be sold for scrap.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 14, 2007 at 7:45 am
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a resident of Midtown
on Apr 14, 2007 at 12:58 pm
I am disapointed that Mike's jeramiad against America was left up and my reasoned response was removed.
The American auto is designed for the needs of our market. Foreign makers become more successful as their cars come to resemble domestic products more.
"when I see people driving a gas hog, there is simply no way to think that they are somehow not very smart." sounds a lot like road rage to me. This ability to better determine what someone should spend his own money for than he is is a form of arrogance that can lead to worse.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 14, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Walter says "The American auto is designed for the needs of our market."
Walter, who shaped those needs?
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 14, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Walter says: "This ability to better determine what someone should spend his own money for than he is is a form of arrogance that can lead to worse."
Walter: Would you authorize the sale of bazookas, dynamite, cyanide, and old surplus land mines? Civilization is about imposing rational control. What do you think the Law is?
Libertarianism is a nice living-room and online forum exercise; it's good for a few laughs and poking fun at, but in reality, it just doesn't work.
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a resident of Midtown
on Apr 14, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Mike. did you know that a bazooka does not go whoosh when it is fired? it goes bang. Actually you can buy dynamite subject to safety regulations, and there are cyanide compounds that don't even require permits. There are no second hand land mines for sale. If I needed one, or a Claymore or a bangalore torpedo I could make do. C-3 will make a cast iron stove glow bright red.
An auto is a useful tool, and different folk have different needs. Calling someone's car a gas hog is a value judgement that is perilously close to road rage.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 14, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Could you two take it outside and settle your differences there? The discussion was on whether Ira Ruskin's vehicle registration tax made sense.
a resident of Esther Clark Park
on Apr 14, 2007 at 10:53 pm
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a resident of Midtown
on Apr 15, 2007 at 8:09 am
In case you missed it, the Bush administration has bought in to global warming, renewable and alternate energy, disincentives and almost all the rest of the Luddite Malthusian pseudo science. They and our Governor are tragically and expensively wrong.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 15, 2007 at 1:01 pm
To RS:
I really appreciate your tone etc. Nice posts.
Finally got back to this thread..I see that you asked me what kind of SUV I have that gets 25 MPH,..and the answer is I don't. In the heat of my remembered fury at being judged by someone who had no clue about my life, I wrote 25..that is from my VOLVO which we use we don't need the Suburban ( which we use for big trips). THAT gets 15 MPH. So, sorry, I lied ( not really, i just screwed up).
We also have a toyota we use when not all of us are going somewhere.
There are definite trade-offs though, environmentally, in owning the "extra" car ( the Toyota), since the EI of simply making a 3rd car for us to own probably way offsets the savings in gas from using it when we can. But, we are muddling along the best we can.
a resident of another community
on Apr 15, 2007 at 4:21 pm
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a resident of Stanford
on Apr 15, 2007 at 5:18 pm
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a resident of Midtown
on Apr 15, 2007 at 8:02 pm
When I speak ex cathedra [about engineering] everybody else IS wrong. If they were not wrong I would not say anything. In my previous life I was known as Marmaduke Surfaceblow, and before that the dour Scots engineer. Just a perpetual Son of Martha.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Apr 15, 2007 at 8:08 pm
"When I speak ex cathedra [about engineering] everybody else IS wrong. If they were not wrong I would not say anything. In my previous life I was known as Marmaduke Surfaceblow, and before that the dour Scots engineer. Just a perpetual Son of Martha."
Walter, please translate the above (which is evidently written in "engineering") to English, so that you might "enlighten" us, the ignorant masses.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 15, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Please read the article about web etiquette in
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The first rule is "Don't feed the troll." The Palo Alto Online Staff need to implement some of the other rules...
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 16, 2007 at 11:36 am
Anonymous, the Weekly's moderators do a fine job of editing comments that occasionally go to far astray. I doubt they need your advice. So far, the only trolls in this forum are the ones who arew claiming others are trolls. How about a substantive comment on this thread, for starters? Your "troll" accusations are little more than trolls, themselves.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 16, 2007 at 3:12 pm
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 16, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Let's try this again.
You have the discussion forum you deserve.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Apr 19, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Draw The Line-
Are you serious? you're complaining because someone said your SUV pollutes? [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
These discussions are exactly what we Palo Alto high school (gunn too) students make fun of about Palo Alto. Everybody driving an SUV and complaining that somebody's complaining about them. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] You can find a 6-person car that gets better mileage than an SUV. we don't need better types of gas, we need SUVs off the road and more people driving better-economy cars. (and we need a car manufacturer to make a good-looking hybrid, i'm sick of those ugly lines.)
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] Personally, I drive a volvo, and i get pretty good gas mileage. Not only is my car cleaner than your 10,000 lb, useless SUV, its much safer.
while i'm ranting, all you good-fuel-economy people who drive hybrids should watch "who killed the electric car?" its a very stirring documentary about how automakers teamed up with big oil companies to stomp out the electric car. it also shows sad footage of pro-electric-car owners being shunned at a CARB meeting. absolutely sickening.
basically, get rid of your 5 mpg suv. get a hybrid. and stop complaining, or go somewhere else. I personally am very glad that i am moving to the University of Oregon, where they actually care about their air.
a resident of College Terrace
on Apr 19, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Paly Student,
I have seen the Paly parking lot many times. It is full of gas hogs, including the Volvo models. Many Paly students just drive to school for the status of being seen. Very few Paly students need to drive to school, yet they do - including you, apparently.
The EV-1 (all-electric car, shown in the movie you cite), was an interesting developmental project, but it was a dog in the real market. See the GM response for a counbterpoint ( Web Link ).
If electric vehicles are the wave of the future, where will all those electrons come from? If you think it is just about plugging into the closest outlet, then I suggest you take a physics course at Paly and memorize the Laws of Thermodynamics. Energy does not come for free. Milk does not come from cartons, either. A massive development of nuclear power plants will be necessary to support the plug-in vehicle.
Hybrids still use carbon-based fuels, thus they produce CO2. One of the main elements they offer is regenerative braking, something developed by GM with the EV-1.
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Rain is never fun, esp there in the mtns. I lived in Athens for several years before moving to Savannah. Know the area in Atl you were at.
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For more than 15 years, Bio-Rad has made science education a major priority. To support this effort, the company has implemented a discount policy that allows high school and college teaching laboratories to purchase kits, instruments, reagents, and other equipment at preferred prices.
How do I apply for the education discount?
If you are an educator at the high school or college level, visit our Education Discount Policy page to establish an education account number.
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