[geeks] electric cars

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:28:21 -0500 (CDT)
Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:

> >From: Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us>
> >Date: 2006/10/23 Mon AM 10:11:33 CDT
> >To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> >Subject: Re: [geeks] electric cars
> 
> >" From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>
> >" 
> >" 
> >" Gasoline is cheaper than Coca Cola - $2/gallon for Gas around here
> >" (central NJ), $2.58 for Coca Cola ($1.29 for a 2 liter bottle, 4
> >" liters <> 1 Gallon), despite gasoline being taxed tremendously and
> >" most likely travels over a thousand miles to get to my local gas
> >" station...
> >
> >not a fair comparison.
> >
> >gasoline has a more efficient distribution process, with pipelines,
> >barges, etc made practical because of the much larger scale of
> >consumption than coke.  when was the last time you saw a coke tanker?
> 
> It's fair in my case, since I consume both at aprox. the same rate
> (20 Gallons/week ;^). My consumption rates may not be that common
> though...

Well now we know where the coke tanker is... :)






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