[geeks] Race Tracks

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 @ 08:39 -0500, Lionel Peterson said:

> >From: "Sheldon T. Hall" <shel at tandem.artell.net>
> >Date: 2007/04/18 Wed PM 09:47:58 CDT
> >To: 'The Geeks List' <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> >Subject: Re: [geeks] Race Tracks
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >Even at the current price of gasoline here (US$3.19/USGal today), however,
> >you have to drive some huge amount of miles to get back the premium you pay
> >over an equivalent straight-gasoline-or-Diesel car of the same
> >size/comfort/quality as the Prius.  I'd find it a bit hard to feel smug
> >about that. 
> 
> Well, the folks that feel smug about the Prius aren't actually running
> the numbers. Instead they just, uhm, "know" that it's making a
> difference, just like they, uhm "know" that carbon offsets will make a
> difference, and that, "you know", man is going to *destroy* the
> planet.

Hey, it works for Al Gore!

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