09-04-2006, 09:49 PM
Diesel produces less greenhouse gases (more of other bad stuff) but it actually requires more crude oil to produce.
Here's a definitive artcile everyone should read:
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The government looking favorably on a 300 horsepower hybrid that gets 23 mpg while a gas Civic gets far better than that is a joke.
Here's a definitive artcile everyone should read:
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The government looking favorably on a 300 horsepower hybrid that gets 23 mpg while a gas Civic gets far better than that is a joke.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth