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May 20, 2009
Dog On A Ham Slicer
Watts Up With That is having a discussion of a Times Online review of the new Honda Insight. The Times review is a hoot. Much has been written about the Insight, Honda's new low-priced hybrid. We've been told how much carbon dioxide it produces, how its dashboard encourages frugal driving by glowing green when you're easy on the throttle and how it is the dawn of all things. The beginning of days.So far, though, you have not been told what it's like as a car; as a tool for moving you, your friends and your things from place to place.I have no dog in this fight. I earn a what little living I make from my modem and what little driving I do or is done for me is done in eight or ten year old cars. But seriously. If this is the coming Green Revolution America will begin to look like Cuba with a lot of 30 and 40 year old cars on the road. And what is that going to do for fuel economy or pollution? I predict nothing good. No wonder Congress is considering a plan to pay to destroy serviceable used cars. And what will that do to pollution? Probably nothing good if you consider the energy and effort required to turn a scrapped car into a new one. A functioning market economy is a system for minimizing costs and maximizing value. A functioning Congress is a system for maximizing costs and minimizing value. Too bad we are getting less market and more Congress. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 05.20.09 at 01:34 PM
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I'll keep my clunker... thank you! The last 'new' car I bought was 1993, and that one was a demonstrator with 8,000 miles on it. Since then, I've traded up to a 1998 model with only 150,000 miles on it. It gets 26 city and 30 highway and that's not bad for no car payment. We do have a 1968 clunker I'd take $3500 for any day of the week. Donna B. · May 21, 2009 02:18 AM For fuel efficiency, perhaps our new government cars should have a 2-cylinder engine. Maybe 2-stroke. The James · May 21, 2009 01:27 PM |
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Hi Simon :)
Very interesting, informative and useful write up.
In India also many of us continue to old cars. We believe in the saying OLD IS GOLD.
I am amazed at the wisdom in the last two lines. Absolutely great!
Have a nice day Simon:)
Joseph