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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

These days it's hard to boast about gas-guzzlers, though in the U.S., people are still buying them. I still hear people expressing a desire for SUVs on a regular basis. They still want that BIG vehicle, no matter what it costs to gas it up, because they still believe they are all safer than small cars, and they want all that space. Remember, in America, luxury = big.

I've had one four by four in my life a huge 1984 K5 blazer. I almost killed myself with that thing. Those vehicles have a high center of gravity, that invites trouble in quick maneuvers.

When I take the freeways in a heavy snowstorm guess what kind of vehicles manage to get tranded off the roads the most after a control loss? That security feeling is illusory.

I'll pick a front wheel drive over them any time... on the road that is.

Originally Posted by kazbates

One of the custodians at my school was saying that he gets much better gas mileage with his diesel pick-up truck than he would with a regular gas pick-up. I don't know the veracity of that statement, but I have since heard the same thing from a couple of others. If it is true, I can see why the stations would charge more per gallon.

Diesels are more frugal than gassers, that's a fact.

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

True... but older diesels emit a particulate soot that is even more hazardous to the human body than petrol (excuse me) gas fumes and carbon monoxide. The soot is fine enough to filter through the lungs and directly into the bloodstream. This is why many health organizations have opposed extensive rollouts of diesel use in the U.S.

Now that newer designs are emitting much less soot and particulates, they are seeing more interest in the U.S. But of course, now that diesel is more expensive than gas (excuse me) petrol in most of the U.S., they might not be very popular for long.

Edit: Should have read on a bit farther... Vivaldi covered it pretty well, too!

I'd like to specify that diesel is less expensive to refine than gas. The high price is due to the infrastructures the refiners have had to build for the new cleaner diesel and far fetched reasons like vengeance for passing cleaner fuel laws and fleecing the public but we all know the last two reasons are not true!

BTW Steve, I just finished your ebook "Encephalopath". Loved it.
I have a question, those city carts you bring in play, what type of energy would they be using?

And an other subject, is North/Mind also the mysterious leader of the Mob? I would have made him leader of Blue Boson too!