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Posted by Hugh MacKay on July 06, 2006 at 02:43:52 from (216.208.58.146):
In Reply to: Re: Ok heres one for you. posted by IaGary on July 05, 2006 at 21:55:45:
Gary: Interesting the comparison you make on a young lad starting out his working life and buying a car. I can remember a new Chevy sedan being just over $3,000., that being the cheaper model. I learned to drive and got my licence on my dad's 57 Chevy. Cant remember exactly what we paid for gas, but do remember if I bought $5.00 of gas in an evening it took you a long ways. Far enough that dad was growling about the miles going on the Chevy. A couple of years later I bought my own car, a full size Pontiac, and it was roughly same price as my earnings for the year. I have not seen my children experience the same. Yes, 10 years out of high school but not 2 years out. Another interesting aspect, and I'm talking Imperial gallons, roughly 5 of your qts. My dad's 6 cylinder Chevy gave 26 mpg. Today I drive a 6 cylinder Buick LeSabre and get 26 mpg. If I remove the catalitic converter from the Buick, it will give me about 33 mpg. Of course the experts tell us these emission control items are important, and beneficial to the air we breath. No sure about that bunk, man and other species have adapted very well to harmful chemicals. What man has and is not going to adapt very well to is lack of oxygen. I expect it takes the same amoung of oxygen to burn a gallon of gasoline as it did in 1957. I don't remember blue and yellow fog in 1957, thus the emissions are worse than ever, and we are using more oxygen per mile of driving. You want to see a scientest stammer, put that one to him.
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