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From : matilda

Q: as have i in fuel economy experimentation. my best is 41.25 mpg out of a 225 slant six in a 64 valiant about 2500 lbs curb weight. i know this is slightly off of the subject but did you see overhaulin last night they rebuilt a 71 challenger. it was awesome ... although im sure they didnt pay too much attention to the fuel economy ... ; lol with a built big block running a vortech yeah sure the wanted gasmileage . . .not vbg personally i thought the car looked great except for those darn rubber band tired wheels. its a 70s car not a ricer. big rubber back then was both wide and not real tall n 50 -15 for example would have fit in those wheel wells. if that wasnt big enough then you go talk with mickey thompsons company. you know budd im not going off on an anti-oil tyrade here. oil is a good thing ... being as dependent on it as we are is a bad thing. i *think* we agree on that yes we will probably not eliminate oil products in my lifetime or if i had children thank goodness i dont ... i have ex-wives instead their lifetimes as well. myself i dont from my spiritual viewpoints see this old world lasting long enough to run out of fossil fuels but i do see a future where all the areas that no one wants drilled are forested with derricks. ah ... this explains some of why we disagree. i too am driven to some degree on this subject by my beliefs. i believe that this earth is all we have and it is all we are going to have ... at least in my lifetime. therefore i am looking a little further ahead than you perhaps. well i have yet to find an evolutionist that can explain the discrepancies of the evolutionary timeline as well as the scientificly proven evidence from genisis. the biggest problem with evolution is its not provable with empirical testing. not trying to get into a religious discussion here but i do have one question for you. assuming your beliefs are of christian origin ... there is a scripture that states and he will bring to ruin those ruining the earth. given that statement how do you reconcile the fact that we me and you are not doing everything we can to prevent air polution which is mostly caused by combustion automobiles i suggest we take the spiritual side of this to email if you wish i dont wish upset certain persons. if you wish to do so just remove the spam from my email address. just with a quick glance at my niv and kjv bibles i cant locate that verse do you know where it is and there will always be those that refuse to give up their 14 mpg pickup trucks 16 mpg suvs and so on. okay ... im not saying that they have to. i just wifh there were more choices. i believe that most people would choose the automobile that was better for the environment if it met their needs .. even if it were slightly more expensive. bg i rode bicycle or small motorcycle until i was able to afford car insurance . . . so i was 19 and working when i finally got my first car a 56 chevy so i do understand your point. i agree that often other options should be considered but americans are spoiled brats. weve always had the lowest fuel prices and still do and always liked the biggest cars. bigger faster etc. thats america. there is more of a trend toward smaller cars. i drive a 95 lebaron convertible which is small enough i have to put the top half way down to change my mind but seriously it is fun it gets about 5 miles per gallon more 26 vs. 21 than my old d-150 with a 318 but on the other hand i cant fiddle with it to get more mpg or performance like i could the truck. and no one wants to drill in their back yard even to this day. i beg to differ. people of middle eastern decent have no problem drilling that wasteland for $$. in fact they would likely disappear if they didnt. which that alone is a great reason to reduce our dependency ... i hope i didnt read what i think you said. cut them off and let them die anyway bedouins think that same wasteland is the most beautiful place on the planet and they are the majority of the populace there. is the term wasteland your opinion or theirs here again do we go by your opinion of what is wasteland or the opinion of the local residents. when i said moab ut was beautiful i meant it but i dont care to live here. i plan to move back to the co mountains next spring. does that make my opinion of moab more or less important than my step-mom-in-laws who has lived here since the late forties after being born in virginia if your claim of it being a defining part of the democratic party were true then why didnt johnson kennedy carter or clinton do more all of them promised the moon and even had a democrat controlled congress to back them up. from my perspective they didnt come close to any of their campaign promises . . which is why i left the dam-o-craps. none of the leaders did all they could. that is what sucks about american p