You are right on many points (Ethanol, shipping) and might have a point with some other info (Batteries - are they recycling or using new nickel/lithium?). I will keep reading on this subject.
But when I bought my last car, I looked squarely at the L/100km measurement. I did the math. And I realized that for what I'd save in the ticket price between buying a 2007 Chev. Aveo (which I did end up buying) over buying something like a Smart car or a hybrid, I could pay for the total gas I'd use over the entire lifetime of the car. The difference between 6L/100km and 3.8L/100km just isn't *that* significant, and certainly isn't significant enough to justify spending another $15,000 on a car that probably won't see 100,000km in its entire 5 year lifetime before I trade it in for a new one. The price of gas would have to be 7x what it currently is for that to have become an economical proposition.
The choice for an Hybrid or a fuel efficient car should not only take in to account the cost of the fuel, but also the cost to the environment. If you add the cost of a "carbon fee" for the extra fuel you burn, for the energy required to bring that fuel to you, the damage to the environment to extract that fuel, you get quite a good deal...
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It's not because it's one more click than the Rectangle tool that people wants it. It's because it's not as visible to the new user. It increase the learning curve.
Personally, I think that after we die, It's over. But I know that a lot of people working on death related issues, even scientists, get a need for something after death. Maybe it's the way the mind find to cope with the inevitability of it. Why would other people not commit suicide? Because of religion, family, a sens of purpose, fear of pain, fear of being wrong in their belief, etc. There are a lot of reason to "not die" right now.
I think Mr. De Grey doesn't believe in something after death. But if he does, I like to know the whats and whys of it.
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They might be on something. Internet also increased the use of the unlucky number 13...
You are right on many points (Ethanol, shipping) and might have a point with some other info (Batteries - are they recycling or using new nickel/lithium?). I will keep reading on this subject.
But when I bought my last car, I looked squarely at the L/100km measurement. I did the math. And I realized that for what I'd save in the ticket price between buying a 2007 Chev. Aveo (which I did end up buying) over buying something like a Smart car or a hybrid, I could pay for the total gas I'd use over the entire lifetime of the car. The difference between 6L/100km and 3.8L/100km just isn't *that* significant, and certainly isn't significant enough to justify spending another $15,000 on a car that probably won't see 100,000km in its entire 5 year lifetime before I trade it in for a new one. The price of gas would have to be 7x what it currently is for that to have become an economical proposition.
The choice for an Hybrid or a fuel efficient car should not only take in to account the cost of the fuel, but also the cost to the environment. If you add the cost of a "carbon fee" for the extra fuel you burn, for the energy required to bring that fuel to you, the damage to the environment to extract that fuel, you get quite a good deal...
It's not because it's one more click than the Rectangle tool that people wants it. It's because it's not as visible to the new user. It increase the learning curve.
Personally, I think that after we die, It's over. But I know that a lot of people working on death related issues, even scientists, get a need for something after death. Maybe it's the way the mind find to cope with the inevitability of it. Why would other people not commit suicide? Because of religion, family, a sens of purpose, fear of pain, fear of being wrong in their belief, etc. There are a lot of reason to "not die" right now. I think Mr. De Grey doesn't believe in something after death. But if he does, I like to know the whats and whys of it.
Do you think that there is something after death? If so, why extend life?
He did a realy interesting TEDtalk in 2005 http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html
Obligatory : http://xkcd.com/350/
As any accountant would tell you, the balance for a budget should be zero...