[TheForge] Hellooooooo!

[Ralph Sproul]

	The real trick will be not to invade a country who's making the spare parts
for our military equipment now!!  :-(

	Gives whole new meaning to slowing one's pace of life and as Steve Martin
said once "Get Small".

Ralph  .........who works at a home shop and has cut his fuel consumption by
80%.  No comute - and 38 steps to work.......for those of you who are into
detail.

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of schade at acegroup.cc
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hellooooooo!



On May 4, 2006, at 11:09 AM, <debmiller at fuse.net> wrote:

>
> I guess we could start a huge off topic thread on energy policy,
> Ray
> Cincinnati
>
>

I drive a small 1995 4cyl Mitsubishi pickup. I consistently get 24 mpg.
Last week after filling up for $400 or so (it seemed like it!!) I
decided to see what kind of mpg I would get if I drove 55mph as Nixon
had us do back in the early opec days (1973?). I kept it between
55-60mph on mostly highway driving. I got 34mpg! The test was somewhat
limited but I filled again yesterday and will try it again.

It will work fine if I don't go too far from home but if I get on the
interstate in a more heavily traveled area I would be afraid of getting
run over or shot or both. Pretty amazing how much gas could be saved by
just slowing down.

But I guess as Americans we have more important things to worry about.
If the price gets too high we can always invade another country.

Bob

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