Archive for the 'General Rant' Category

Doom and Gloom Press on Oil and Energy

August 4th, 2008

Ever notice how the press just write doom and gloom everyday about oil. One day China just used it all up, there is a storm coming the oil industry is shut down, wiped out. Bloomberg today wrote an article that makes it the end of the world for oil and the consumption !
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602099&sid=a9Wj9Thf0WsE&refer=energy
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Would you gladly use your gas $ for a new car ?

July 21st, 2008

Let’s say you are spending $75 a week in your household on gas. That’s about $300 a month and we where wondering if you would take that money or most of it and finance a new car ? What I am getting at is if you where to buy a new GM Volt which is an electric car coming in 2010 and would cost 80 cents to charge for 60 miles of driving. This breaks down to about 25 cents a gallon, so you know have lets just say about $275 a month in surplus cash.

Neil Young and H-Line Conversions 100MPG !

July 15th, 2008

Neil Young and H-Line Conversions 100MPG ! - this guy Jon Goodman is incredible he is converting 8 MPG Hummers with 325 Horsepower to fire breathing monsters that have 650 Horspower and get this get 25 MPG !! LOL ! Ok and the car industry can’t make an SUV that gets 75 MPG for the [...]

Who Makes 100 Trillion $ off of Oil ? Good Old Uncle Sam

July 14th, 2008

So who does make anywhere from 50 to 75 trillion dollars off of oil ? Well the next time you fill your luxury liner up look at the pump and you will see you pay about 19 cents US Govt tax and between 20 and 30 cents state tax. That’s almost 50 cents a gallon [...]

The Pickens Plan is a start a GREAT ONE !

July 11th, 2008

Is it perfect NO. But nothing is and someone has FINALLY got the nation started in planning how to get out of this mess we created by sitting on our ass’s for the past 15 yrs. Goto www.pickensplan.com and sign up today and push for change ! This is the happening NOW !
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The Smart Car 31 MPG that’s it ?

July 10th, 2008

The Smart Car 31 MPG that’s it ? - the smart car or sub-compact has hit the US and I must admit what a disappointment. It’s cool looking if your 25 but its tiny and my biggest grip is it get 31 MPG city 41 highway. 31 MPG is just horrible in my eyes for a mini-car, my gas guzzling SUV GMC Arcadia get 19 ! It doesn’t even get twice as much and its 1/2 the size !

Is 30 MPG the best we can do ?

July 1st, 2008

About 3 months ago Sen. Clinton was trying to get a bill pass that would force Detroit to start producing cars that got 30 MPG or there about’s. I thought ok this is a start someone has finally taken the foresight to get things going here ! Then I read that these requirements would kick [...]