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Replying to: bergyone (Jun 11, 2008 12:49 pm) Anyway, what I saw was that the MPG increased as you got to 55 and then decreased as you went past 55. Meaning that going much slower than 55 is going to be detrimental to your mileage as well as going above 55. Now for me I recently found that all things being equal, for me, if I travel at 65 in my 03 Accord 4-cyl I get about the same mileage as I do going 55. What does this mean, I don't know, but I like it because 55 is a hard speed to maintain especially on the freeway, I can't take the monotony and all the dirty looks.
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Replying to: no_one (Jun 10, 2008 7:26 pm)  http://www.permanent.com/ Are we off topic or what..... RUG is up to $4.10 here. 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jun 11, 2008 3:38 pm) Hydro Quebec is like the TVA; they won't be happy until every last stream and rivulet is dammed up. Going nuke would avoid more of that. I remember some reservoir was getting to full pool up that way on my trip (in Labrador, iirc). Folks were suing because the engineering was screwed up on that one and full pool hit the contour lines some 20 (?) feet higher than what their permit allowed. Welcome to radical common sense and distrust of the easy engineering fix.  [ok Avalon - gas is holding at $4.07 RUG at most places here ]
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 11, 2008 5:03 am) Yeah, that isn't really fast enough to be called a breeze. We need 20 to 25 mph to be called a breeze here in ND. Maybe that is why ND has the highest wind energy potential in the U.S. The windmills are growing like weeds. http://www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets/Top_20_States.pdf Makes me think I should buy one of those Zenn electric cars and be gasoline free. 
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jun 11, 2008 4:38 am) Every news article I can find says that the state run oil companies are loosing millions of dollars a day with the way fuel prices are now. Even with the recent increases in fuel prices they are still losing money. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C10%5Cstory_10-6-2008_p- g5_32 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aj.xKO5fCqSc&refer=india |
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Gas is up another $0.08 at my usual place overnight, to $4.55 for regular. That is a rise of $0.18 in a single week, as it was $4.37 when I filled up last Wednesday. I think I will just amuse myself around the house this weekend, the car can just sit until Monday morning.... These gas prices make the whole owning-a-car thing a lot less fun. 
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 11, 2008 5:03 am) http://www.stormfax.com/beaufort.htm Also AVAV has gotten the wind turbines to generate power down under 12 mph using newer designs. Lastly think about what happens in urban settings where the wind builds up in tight spaces hits the side of a building and then roars up to the roof. I had this happen today walking through West Hartford. I turned a corner and all of a sudden there was a good 20 plus mph wind running down the side of the street that was probably accelerating to an even higher speed when it tried to climb the building at the end of the street. Early adopters of architectural wind As you can see they are using them all over the country and at least one place in the UK so they work in a variety of conditions. Ha what are the odds another stock I own has a set of wind turbines on one of their US buildings. Rio Tinto Minerals Borax Visitors Center Boron, CA
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Replying to: british_rover (Jun 11, 2008 6:33 pm) Power Plants Around the World |
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http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2008/gb20080610_688373.htm This is one of those headlines I read and just wonder. Are people that delusional. I am going to go outside now and see if pigs can fly. 
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Replying to: nippononly (Jun 11, 2008 6:28 pm) Filled up both cars at $3.94 today minus 10 cent Kroger discount. San Fran in red; Dayton in blue; crude, green. full size 
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