Jericho: Get over it, Tree-Huggers!
We have talked several times on this site about alt-fuels and the advantages of Plug-In Hybrids, Hydrogen and Ethanol powered vehicles. I think I can speak for Max when I say we support advancements in alt-fuel usage. Oil is an addiction this country has to give up.
Finally, we see a step in the right direction.
Okay, maybe not the Plug-In/Hydrogen vehicle, let's try for plug-in, flex fuel hybrid first, umm-kay? But, I think you see where I'm going. Seeing Bush with an extension cord in his hand makes me feel good all over.
But, the idiot environmentalists have got to step in and make a fuss!
"Making our cars and light trucks go farther on a gallon of gas is the single biggest step we can take toward saving American families money at the pump, ending our dangerous addiction to oil, and curbing global warming," said Dan Becker, the Sierra Club's director of the global warming and energy program.
Okay, first, Dan, put down the pipe. Obviously, you are not in this conversation. Allow me to catch you up. E85 will do exactly what you are describing. The "E" stands for ethanol. The "85" is for the percentage, by volume, of ethanol in a gallon (or liter for that matter) of fuel. If we are using 85% less gasoline, isn't that cutting our gasoline usage by 85%? To get gains like that, you would have to nearly double the MPG of the average vehicle. This would mean a Ford Explorer that got 30 city and 42 highway MPG. It would be great if it existed, but the only way to do it would be to make the vehicle out of paper! And if you think the American public is giving up their SUVs - where have you been the last two decades?
E85 will do more than save money for families in this country, it will make money for families in this country and aid the environment in the process. American farmers will be called upon to grow feed stocks to make the ethanol in question. Material that is currently headed for landfills will be used as fuel. And, in the end, carbon held in the earth will remain there and carbon in the atmosphere will be reduced - or at least not increased. By all accounts, North America will take up alt-fuels, but oil will drop in price and fuel the developing economies in China and India, unless they, too, get sold on alt-fuels. It would be nice if large and influential groups, like, say, the Sierra Club, helped these countries see the light.
Dan, saying "Let's have more MPGs" is one thing. Telling us how to get there is another thing. E85 is compatable with our current infrastructure in every way. It reduces our usage of oil by, you guessed it, 85%. It adds jobs to this country. It will lower the price of domestically produced oil and thus lower the price of fuel in general. As E85 takes hold, it will become cheaper to produce and further cost savings at the pump, in the taxi, at the grocery store, etc. Dan, do you have a plan that does the same? We'd love to hear it.
In closing, Dan, I must say this to you: SHUT UP! Use your pulpit to support something worthwhile. Don't be a stumbling block in the process. We all want lower MPG, but this is a huge step in the right direction. Let's get this off the ground, this is something that can be done TODAY, then we can work on that 40 MPG Explorer.
Finally, we see a step in the right direction.
Okay, maybe not the Plug-In/Hydrogen vehicle, let's try for plug-in, flex fuel hybrid first, umm-kay? But, I think you see where I'm going. Seeing Bush with an extension cord in his hand makes me feel good all over.
But, the idiot environmentalists have got to step in and make a fuss!
"Making our cars and light trucks go farther on a gallon of gas is the single biggest step we can take toward saving American families money at the pump, ending our dangerous addiction to oil, and curbing global warming," said Dan Becker, the Sierra Club's director of the global warming and energy program.
Okay, first, Dan, put down the pipe. Obviously, you are not in this conversation. Allow me to catch you up. E85 will do exactly what you are describing. The "E" stands for ethanol. The "85" is for the percentage, by volume, of ethanol in a gallon (or liter for that matter) of fuel. If we are using 85% less gasoline, isn't that cutting our gasoline usage by 85%? To get gains like that, you would have to nearly double the MPG of the average vehicle. This would mean a Ford Explorer that got 30 city and 42 highway MPG. It would be great if it existed, but the only way to do it would be to make the vehicle out of paper! And if you think the American public is giving up their SUVs - where have you been the last two decades?
E85 will do more than save money for families in this country, it will make money for families in this country and aid the environment in the process. American farmers will be called upon to grow feed stocks to make the ethanol in question. Material that is currently headed for landfills will be used as fuel. And, in the end, carbon held in the earth will remain there and carbon in the atmosphere will be reduced - or at least not increased. By all accounts, North America will take up alt-fuels, but oil will drop in price and fuel the developing economies in China and India, unless they, too, get sold on alt-fuels. It would be nice if large and influential groups, like, say, the Sierra Club, helped these countries see the light.
Dan, saying "Let's have more MPGs" is one thing. Telling us how to get there is another thing. E85 is compatable with our current infrastructure in every way. It reduces our usage of oil by, you guessed it, 85%. It adds jobs to this country. It will lower the price of domestically produced oil and thus lower the price of fuel in general. As E85 takes hold, it will become cheaper to produce and further cost savings at the pump, in the taxi, at the grocery store, etc. Dan, do you have a plan that does the same? We'd love to hear it.
In closing, Dan, I must say this to you: SHUT UP! Use your pulpit to support something worthwhile. Don't be a stumbling block in the process. We all want lower MPG, but this is a huge step in the right direction. Let's get this off the ground, this is something that can be done TODAY, then we can work on that 40 MPG Explorer.
posted by Jericho Brown at 3/26/2007 11:30:00 AM
11 Comments:
As someone who used to cart his fat ass halfway across the country and back to lobby for green causes, I say anything that gets us off of foreign fuels is a good thing, green or not. If we can do that and be green, all the better. But being this dependent on people who hate us is a pressing, immediate danger.
I agree with Max.
If I don't, he'll beet me. ;)
Or at least rutabaga you.
Laura, just turnip the other cheek!
[insert witty veggie-pun here]
Carrot on my wayward pun. There'll be peas when you are done. Lay your weary lettuce to rest. Don't you chive no more!
Kumquat!
Some silicone stringbean with her manager melon told me I got what it takes
She said I'll turn you on sonny to something spinach play the song with the funky broccoli
And go kart Chard Heart was checkin' out the weather chart see if it was safe onion side
And little Early Celery came by in his chipotle ranch dip and asked me if I needed a rubarb
Belgian endive!
Gord.
'nuf said.
Oh Gord won't you buy me a Mercedez Benz? My friends all have Peaches, I must make amends!
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