tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post4983326816674642371..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #15077Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-16072199112746236502015-03-18T16:53:08.688-05:002015-03-18T16:53:08.688-05:00Automotive pollution is bad, but if the neocons ca...Automotive pollution is bad, but if the neocons can't stop playing poke-the-bear, we might not live to see 401ppm. Nobody seems to be scared of a nuclear exchange anymore. Putin was ready to go defcon1 over Crimea, and the talk about Ukraine makes my hair stand up. <br /><br />I would really hate to see the Outer Banks submerged, or the Everglades. But I hope we can make it long enough for that to be a threat. Tulsatimenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-24004531692982663812015-03-18T14:39:27.653-05:002015-03-18T14:39:27.653-05:00It's all those four-wheel drive SUVs that peop...It's all those four-wheel drive SUVs that people drive. People who don't really need four-wheel drive, but who think it's cool. However, I can understand wanting a larger vehicle in self defense against all those semi trucks on the road. A little VW bug would be squashed like a bug by a semi....Classof65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15620524862669295761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-27917121850473215762015-03-18T13:32:13.459-05:002015-03-18T13:32:13.459-05:00Yeah, pickups. For a while (maybe still - I don&#...Yeah, pickups. For a while (maybe still - I don't know or really care ) pickups didn't have to meet the safety or fuel economy standards cars did, which made them somewhat cheaper.<br /><br />But these days... I just saw an add for a pickup with $23,000 off srp. <br /><br />My first house costs about that.<br /><br />And some days I get so depressed by what - especially but not exclusivley - the Republican version of our leadership is doing that I despair for our future.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-90520034205975237242015-03-18T12:28:38.960-05:002015-03-18T12:28:38.960-05:00The elephant in the room here is EVERYBODY (and I ...The elephant in the room here is EVERYBODY (and I mean EVERYBODY in the automotive industry) made/sells TRUCKS!<br /><br />Shouldn't the emphasis be towards, smaller, more fuel efficient and less expensive vehicles?<br /><br />But that would make sense and as you have pointed out (repeatedly) those professing to lead this civilization possess none...or they have other things on their mind....Gegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918737715343158105noreply@blogger.com