Try to explain to 50 yr olds that "oh, 120,000 dead in the tsunami? How many you think died in Iraq, Sudan, Africa and other countries last year?" As if this disaster [as bad as it is] is the ONLY place "bad things" are happening in the world.
Try to explain to 20-somethings the nature of compassion, the ache of one's heart seeing parents losing their kids. Anyone callous about this event is sub-human.
Not to mention the day to day deterioration of our civilization by those seeking material wealth. Little propatainment here, little get rich scam there,...
Yet we're reading./, a veritable temple to consumption of electronics. Check out another./ headline this morning: 2005 Looking Good for Gadgets.
I have a 2005 Prius. It's an astonishing car that's only made possible by an array of embedded processors. We're getting 55 MPG when the temps are above 50 and upper 40s otherwise. The technology is something that's available NOW, that works, and that could greatly mitigate our "need" for imported oil.
In the USA at least we have an odd quest for performance that hardly matters. 0-60 in a nanosecond... only to hit the brakes and do 60-0 in the same time. The Prius accelerates better than we've ever needed, and I sort of wish for a smaller engine to get even better fuel economy.
Even more important than the MPGs is the 1/10 emissions compared to a non-hybrid. 1/10 - think about it.
It's a small planet. My kids are teenagers, and I worry for their future in a world where energy may be scarce and the beach laps at the shores of Kansas City.
But I can't help but wonder what their MPGs were at 130 mpg...
Jack
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Try to explain to 20-somethings the nature of compassion, the ache of one's heart seeing parents losing their kids. Anyone callous about this event is sub-human.
Not to mention the day to day deterioration of our civilization by those seeking material wealth. Little propatainment here, little get rich scam there, ...
Yet we're reading ./, a veritable temple to consumption of electronics. Check out another ./ headline this morning: 2005 Looking Good for Gadgets.
I have a 2005 Prius. It's an astonishing car that's only made possible by an array of embedded processors. We're getting 55 MPG when the temps are above 50 and upper 40s otherwise. The technology is something that's available NOW, that works, and that could greatly mitigate our "need" for imported oil. In the USA at least we have an odd quest for performance that hardly matters. 0-60 in a nanosecond... only to hit the brakes and do 60-0 in the same time. The Prius accelerates better than we've ever needed, and I sort of wish for a smaller engine to get even better fuel economy. Even more important than the MPGs is the 1/10 emissions compared to a non-hybrid. 1/10 - think about it. It's a small planet. My kids are teenagers, and I worry for their future in a world where energy may be scarce and the beach laps at the shores of Kansas City. But I can't help but wonder what their MPGs were at 130 mpg... Jack