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    The world is running out of oil, and...

    Chrysler is advertising their new Crossfire, and publically claim it will do 150MPH.

    I mean, duhhhhh.....

    All the Detroit car makers are pushing hell out of the biggest, monster gas hogs they build. Even Japan is now building huge pickups to burn even more gas.

    I just don't get it.

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    What do you do if you know that you will die in two months if you sleep as much as possible, eating only vegetables, no alcohol, no fun ... or that you could party for the next two weeks and then die? I would take the second option.

    The industry is taking the second option as well it seems, party till the oil is gone while earning as much money as possible.

    Not that I support what they do, not at all, but I can see why they're doing it.

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    A country like indonesia or any other 3rd world country should put all their resources into developing hydrogen cars. In the 1970's Norway discovered oil and started to extract and export it. Today we are one of the wealthiest contries in the world and the government has more than $1000 billion in a backaccount somewhere. A small country could set up some labs and development facilities for researching hydrogen cars and extraction of hydrogen and by the time the oil runs out they will have the advantage on the world.

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    Well said Subway.
    I agree with you totally.
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    of course there are scientist working to speed up the transition. that could make a LOT of money.
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    yawn. the race to oil depletion is so boring and played out.
    it's so 20th century...AND it actualy has a solution.

    the real fireworks begin with the fresh water starts to run out...
    check out The Ogallala Aquifer Depletion for a glimpse at what is going on.
    you think people get jumpy without oil?
    wait until they don't have as much food and water...

    Ah, these boys is all swelled up. So this was earlier...getting set to trade. Then, woooaaah differences.
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    I don't know if this is on or off topic now, but the Crossfire drives really nice. It's basically a 230 roadster with a hard top.

    Anyway, it's a toy car. Weekends and special occasions. Those will exist, running on good old gas, even when hydrogen is the standard. (Probably in Jay Leno's garage.)

    All that being said, Mercedes has done a LOT of research on hydrogen powered cars and on maximizing diesel efficiency. In fact, all the German manufacturers have. The Japanese seem to be focusing on hybrids, which are more practical and likely short-term.

    Wanna get angry at a car maker? Look at Detroit, GM and Ford.
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    Subway's got it right. Chimps are not humans closest relative, Lemmings are. We build up our society, then rush headlong over the cliff. Even the lemmings that don't want to go will get trampled by the others. And to think we are an intelligent species just shows how stupid we are 'as' a species. It's an anomoly. An individual may be intelligent, but as a group, were just lemmings.

    Everyone knows we are short of oil, all you have to do is look at the price of it. Then to advertise gas hogs and how fast they will go is just plain idiotic. Worse, lot's and lot's of lemmings are buying them.

    I mean, it would be nice if all the lemmings could party before the big jump, but the politicians have even screwed up that. We're going to go out, not with a bang, but with a squeek.

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    i think its more of an issue that americans are just greedy bastards... thats right i said it, im a greedy bastard. not all of us are, but most of us want a car that goes fast and makes lots of noise, we wanna be seen as the big dogs of the world, and if we have to kill everyone because of it then so be it.


    Really though, i cant wait til i dont have to pay $2.18 a gallon anymore
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    I know. For me it's culture shock. I clearly remember as a kid, gas was 17 cents a gallon. It only doubled until into the 70's when the first fake shortage came along, then it went from 36 cents to over 50.

    It's the brain rot of our culture, believing in the Amerikan Dream and all that trash. You think it's going to go on forever.

    And then you wake up.

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    But you know that you still pay less than half as of what we pay over here?

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    Yeah, but that's because of your tax structures. Which is just something else to harp about.

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    Re: The world is running out of oil, and...

    Originally posted by iaskwhy
    Chrysler is advertising their new Crossfire, and publically claim it will do 150MPH.
    I don't get it. The most I've ever seen on a speed limit sign is 80 mph. What the hell am I going to do with an extra 70 mph?

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    Re: Re: The world is running out of oil, and...

    Originally posted by Genesis F5
    I don't get it. The most I've ever seen on a speed limit sign is 80 mph. What the hell am I going to do with an extra 70 mph?

    -genesis f5 (mx)
    My point, exactly.

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    I don't get it. The most I've ever seen on a speed limit sign is 80 mph. What the hell am I going to do with an extra 70 mph?
    Not get caught unless "the man" is driving one of those beasts as well Seriously though, that puppy's gonna be the new car of choice for criminals everywhere. They're probably the only ones who can afford to put gas in the damned things anyway...

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    We're running out of oil?

    Crap!!

    Let's build behemoth vehicles with standard V8s that suck up all the remaining sauce our oil-dependant contributers can vaccuum out of the mantle.




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    Originally posted by ihoss.com
    "Humans are smart, people are dumb"
    or: humans are stupid an people are just insane
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    Originally posted by allme4myjesus
    or: humans are stupid an people are just insane
    erm. ok.

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