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by the time I get done reading that article I will be old enough to watch my grandchildren fly me home from the doctors office. we all know that the goverment has been ripping off the American public for years and that my friend is never going to change. They know that we will pay for it anyway so there thinkin y stop now.
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Rep Power: 0 A police officer pulled a guy over for speeding.
Officer: May I see your drivers license?
Driver: I dont have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owners card for this vehicle?
Driver: Its not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: Thats right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owners card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: Theres a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. Thats where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: Theres a BODY in the TRUNK???
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Whos car is this?
Driver: Its mine, officer. Heres the owner card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if theres a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but theres no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said theres a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I dont understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didnt have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, Ill bet the lying son of a bitch told you I was speeding, too.
Officer: May I see your drivers license?
Driver: I dont have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owners card for this vehicle?
Driver: Its not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: Thats right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owners card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: Theres a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. Thats where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: Theres a BODY in the TRUNK???
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Whos car is this?
Driver: Its mine, officer. Heres the owner card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if theres a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but theres no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said theres a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I dont understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didnt have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, Ill bet the lying son of a bitch told you I was speeding, too.
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Originally Posted by PiNoYxRaCeRxRH
A police officer pulled a guy over for speeding.
Officer: May I see your drivers license?
Driver: I dont have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owners card for this vehicle?
Driver: Its not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: Thats right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owners card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: Theres a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. Thats where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: Theres a BODY in the TRUNK???
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Whos car is this?
Driver: Its mine, officer. Heres the owner card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if theres a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but theres no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said theres a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I dont understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didnt have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, Ill bet the lying son of a bitch told you I was speeding, too.
Officer: May I see your drivers license?
Driver: I dont have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owners card for this vehicle?
Driver: Its not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: Thats right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owners card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: Theres a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. Thats where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: Theres a BODY in the TRUNK???
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Whos car is this?
Driver: Its mine, officer. Heres the owner card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if theres a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but theres no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said theres a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I dont understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didnt have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, Ill bet the lying son of a bitch told you I was speeding, too.
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Rep Power: 0 Ok I made a post about this in another thread so here is what I said there:
There's a significant problem with comparing those insane MPG numbers in contests to a vehicle that needs to be driven in all manner of conditions.
You can make a car right now that will get 1000mpg on flat ground if you wanted, but the problem is climbing hills, accelerating to hwy speeds, performing accident avoiding moves, and even carying more weight such as luggage.
You can't just make a car that would end up falling backwards down a mountain because it's driver made a mistake. Hybrid electric is the best tech we have right now, our future rests in making better batterys and better generators to charge them, also more efficient electrical motors.
You CAN make an 80mpg car right now, but if the vehicle was asked to climb a hill with a load of people and luggage, it might not make it, after all, it needs to be safe enough to drive on the road with a semi truck, and light enough to allow the engine to be efficient, and cheap enough so people will buy it (no fair cheating and making everything carbon fiber which prices everyone out).
There's a significant problem with comparing those insane MPG numbers in contests to a vehicle that needs to be driven in all manner of conditions.
You can make a car right now that will get 1000mpg on flat ground if you wanted, but the problem is climbing hills, accelerating to hwy speeds, performing accident avoiding moves, and even carying more weight such as luggage.
You can't just make a car that would end up falling backwards down a mountain because it's driver made a mistake. Hybrid electric is the best tech we have right now, our future rests in making better batterys and better generators to charge them, also more efficient electrical motors.
You CAN make an 80mpg car right now, but if the vehicle was asked to climb a hill with a load of people and luggage, it might not make it, after all, it needs to be safe enough to drive on the road with a semi truck, and light enough to allow the engine to be efficient, and cheap enough so people will buy it (no fair cheating and making everything carbon fiber which prices everyone out).
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Rep Power: 273 Yeah, I'm not surprised at any of these claims, nothing surprises me anymore. I think those articles were a mess, poorly written, a pain in the **** to read, but probably hold some truth.
I also heard (according to some scientists) that no one can actually prove burning fossil-fuels causes global warming, we can just as easily get another ice age. Infact, there's no reason the Earth can't clean up the air with it's own trees, provided we stop cutting them down at such a high rate.
It's all just a bunch of scare tactics to make us pay for something we could live without if only some technical changes were made. But then there'd be some rich people who would not get all that money any longer.
I also heard (according to some scientists) that no one can actually prove burning fossil-fuels causes global warming, we can just as easily get another ice age. Infact, there's no reason the Earth can't clean up the air with it's own trees, provided we stop cutting them down at such a high rate.
It's all just a bunch of scare tactics to make us pay for something we could live without if only some technical changes were made. But then there'd be some rich people who would not get all that money any longer.
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Originally Posted by PiNoYxRaCeRxRH
A police officer pulled a guy over for speeding.
Officer: May I see your drivers license?
Driver: I dont have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owners card for this vehicle?
Driver: Its not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: Thats right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owners card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: Theres a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. Thats where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: Theres a BODY in the TRUNK???
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Whos car is this?
Driver: Its mine, officer. Heres the owner card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if theres a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but theres no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said theres a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I dont understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didnt have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, Ill bet the lying son of a bitch told you I was speeding, too.
Officer: May I see your drivers license?
Driver: I dont have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owners card for this vehicle?
Driver: Its not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: Thats right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owners card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: Theres a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. Thats where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: Theres a BODY in the TRUNK???
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Whos car is this?
Driver: Its mine, officer. Heres the owner card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if theres a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but theres no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said theres a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I dont understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didnt have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, Ill bet the lying son of a bitch told you I was speeding, too.
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In one of the links about the 376 mpg 59' Opel, I noticed that they had it at the shell refinery in wood river IL in 1973......now I live very close to here and my father had worked for shell from like 67' to sometime in the 90's. I asked him about the car and if he knew anything about it. He said he had seen and touched this car. They would be doing something in the building that it was kept and would spin the wheel (it was on some sort of stand) and come back and hour later to see it still spinning. Sort of crazy but I guess its all about reducing friction and making the gas more vaporized. Whats even more crazy is the fact that i read most of that and several of the links. 
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Originally Posted by Keet
Yeah, I'm not surprised at any of these claims, nothing surprises me anymore. I think those articles were a mess, poorly written, a pain in the **** to read, but probably hold some truth.
I also heard (according to some scientists) that no one can actually prove burning fossil-fuels causes global warming, we can just as easily get another ice age. Infact, there's no reason the Earth can't clean up the air with it's own trees, provided we stop cutting them down at such a high rate.
I also heard (according to some scientists) that no one can actually prove burning fossil-fuels causes global warming, we can just as easily get another ice age. Infact, there's no reason the Earth can't clean up the air with it's own trees, provided we stop cutting them down at such a high rate.
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Rep Power: 812 you'll get arrested most likely. Anyway, the problem is those big companies will lose money making hi mpg cars. Its not cost effective in the world of big business where everyone is greedy. Thats why hybrid cars are taking forever to come out and even then they are HYBRID not standalone. I remember reading about alternative energy like hydrogen, fuel cells back in middle school 15 years ago.
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Rep Power: 320 I think the guy on the second link is too left wing bias to be taken seriously. If your trying to be a journalist, you should be objective as possible. I agree hydrogen is probably the next step. There are many other factors that should be taken into consideration.
Politics and economics go hand in hand. For example, the first electric car was invented before the first combustion engine and was faster then the combustion engine. The oil companies took more steps to promote combustion over electric, hence we all drive combustion engines. I dont think anyone can question the benefits of hydrogen energy, but no one wants to pay for it. The infrastructure to replace gas stations with hydrogen stations would cost billions and take an estimate 20yrs. If i were the oil companies i would encourage hydrogen and try to be the primary provider of hydrogen. If they switched to hydrogen, then they would be free from supply fluctations caused by OPEC.
Oil doesn't follow the regular laws of supply and demand since organizations like OPEC control most of the supply of oil on the market. Most of our energy and manufacturing is engrained in oil. Until we can wing ourselfs away from oil in production and industry. I doubt we will see hydrogen technology not for another 20yrs or least until hydrogen technology becomes economically feasible.
Politics and economics go hand in hand. For example, the first electric car was invented before the first combustion engine and was faster then the combustion engine. The oil companies took more steps to promote combustion over electric, hence we all drive combustion engines. I dont think anyone can question the benefits of hydrogen energy, but no one wants to pay for it. The infrastructure to replace gas stations with hydrogen stations would cost billions and take an estimate 20yrs. If i were the oil companies i would encourage hydrogen and try to be the primary provider of hydrogen. If they switched to hydrogen, then they would be free from supply fluctations caused by OPEC.
Oil doesn't follow the regular laws of supply and demand since organizations like OPEC control most of the supply of oil on the market. Most of our energy and manufacturing is engrained in oil. Until we can wing ourselfs away from oil in production and industry. I doubt we will see hydrogen technology not for another 20yrs or least until hydrogen technology becomes economically feasible.
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