[Gasification] Gasification Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1

[Viswanathan KS]

Dear Peter

with such high cost of gasoline at $5.15, I am curious to your average
annual consumption of gasoline. In Mumbai gasoline costs
$6.0 aprox. and I use my car about twice a month.

KSV

On 5/1/07, Peter Singfield <snkm at btl.net> wrote:
>
> At 08:08 AM 5/1/2007 -0400, Jonathan Pratt wrote:
> > Escalating energy costs everywhere will only
> >accelerate the trend toward overall energy efficiency.
> >
>
> Except in nations of man where they subsidize heavily such costs -- free
> corn for the masses -- democracies.
>
> Most of the rest of planet earth -- all those that are not energy self
> sufficient -- taxed heavily energy resources to subdue the consumption
> curve.
>
> Would be interesting to do a little poll on this list.
>
> Based on the price of a US gallon of gasoline --
>
> As example -- here in Belize -- we pay $5.15 US per gallon of gasoline.
>
> I believe Europe -- Japan -- England pay more??
>
> Anyway -- this policy has done wonders in regards for raising public
> awareness to conservation issues. Especially in 3rd world economies.
>
> Further -- we pay 25 cents per KWH -- ergo -- everyone has changed of to
> CF
> lighting -- and in process of energy efficient fridges -- fans -- and of
> course -- no hair driers -- electric stoves -- electric clothes driers --
> for get Air conditioning -- etc.
>
> Our lives have not suffered from any loss of quality as a result of our
> ability to simply "conserve" -- it really takes small capital investment
> to
> conserve. Sometimes -- even negative capital investment (do not buy energy
> consumption intensive devices!!)
>
> Having observed this in real time here -- I find it hard to accept your
> political stand "there" -- that being:
>
> Change of American life style is non-negotiable.
>
> Hate to be the one to tell you this -- but your political system is bad
> breath!!
>
> No amounts of alternative energies is going to fix it -- learning
> conservation will.
>
> So -- people now working building SUVs would lose their jobs -- but how
> many new jobs would be created meeting the new standards??
>
> At least the same -- if not more.
>
> And that is what your saying -- but your political system is holding you
> down.
>
> Tell me -- how did the US end up so "backwards"??
>
> (Fluoridated water -- how else can one explain this??)
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
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