alt.energy.renewable

"CJT" wrote in message
news:47ECAC6E.7040208@prodigy.net...
> Anthony Matonak wrote:
>> Rob Dekker wrote:
>>
>>> Here is an idea :
>>> US cars use mostly automatic transmissions.
>>> Automatic transmissions increase fuel usage by about an average 10%
>>> (some claim even more than that).
>>> About half of oil consumption goes to gasoline for these vehicles (?)
>>> So, let's all switch to a stick-shift, and we save about 1 million
>>> barrels of oil per day (5% of US consumption).
>>> Maybe even more..
>>
>>
>> Here is an idea :
>> Motorcycles use far less fuel than cars.
>> So, let's all switch to motorcycles and we all save millions of
>> barrels of oil per day.
>>
>> Even better, if you don't need to go very far or fast, a moped
>> uses even less fuel than a motorcyle. They sell electric mopeds
>> that don't use any fuel at all.
>>
>> Without cars on the roads, riding a motorcycle is much safer.
>>
>> Anthony
>
> Better still, people should re-learn how to walk to where they're going
> when it's only a short distance. For instance, when I was in grade
> school, I walked there each day. Now kids expect a ride.


No...so many sickos out there that parents have to give their kids a ride as
they cannot escort them to school by walking and go to work walking.

>
> --
> The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
> minimize spam. Our true address is of the form che...@prodigy.net.