Saturday, October 8, 2011

Cab Thoughts 10/8/11

There was a lot of evidence against Ms. Knox. And she clearly lied--hugely and badly--to the investigators. But most of it seems to prove that she was there, not necessarily the killer. But being there is pretty bad.

Who would you rather have as president, Hillary Clinton or any of the Republican front runners?

Age of the average car in the United States? 10 years, 7 months. Car sales are up but may be a sign of attrition of current stock, not improvement in domestic economy.

Since 2000 the global growth rate for natural gas vehicles has been 26 per cent per year. About 1 per cent of all vehicles on planet earth now run on natural gas and most of them are light duty or cars. In the U.S. only 1 in 10,000 vehicles run on natural gas. It's clean and plentiful; why do the Americans not use it?

Bank protesters are in my neighborhood this week. I am at a loss to explain why unless they prefer areas with good coffee houses.

I oppose the collection of wealth but I also know it is rare. My idea of reasonable wealth is that earned by Franklin Raines. I want no more than that.

About 92 percent of the coal used in the United States is used for generating electricity. That makes cutting down coal use, or increasing electric vehicles without coal, difficult.

Pointless demonstrations are things only a parent can understand.

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