[funsec] RE: [privacy] Gas prices and car driving

[Drsolly]

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 8/2/06, Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/2/06, Alex Eckelberry <AlexE at sunbelt-software.com> wrote:
> > > Well, I just bought a Prius.  Best damned car I've ever owned.  Just
> > > amazing.  60 mpg if you work it right.
> >
> >
> > It freaks me out to move without hearing an engine though
> >
> > its still cool tho, kinda like george jetsons car. Has a power button
> > and everything :-)
> >
> > I thought they only got 40mpg?
> 
> The last thing I caught in the news was that the higher cost of
> hybrids takes ten years in reduced gas usage to break even. Most
> people don't own the same car that long.

That's because your gasoline prices are way too low.
 
> A Volkswagen <> diesel can get 600 miles to a tank. Make it biodiesel
> and save even more. Combust used, strained vegetable oil and live
> free. Sounds good anyway...

 ... until you've signed up all the fish-and-chip shops, and all the used 
vegetable oil is already being burned.