Thanks for the responses, everyone. I appreciate it.
Going to bed less stupid...
-Max
max camirand wrote:
> Matt:
>
> I'm too young to remember the seventies. Can you point me towards a
> link that explains what you're talking about, with regards to reduced
> fuel efficiency in cars for marginally better results at the tailpipe?
> Sounds interesting.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Maxime Camirand
>
>
> Matt Colie wrote:
> > KLC,
> >
> > I don't like the thought of spills either, but three Canadian
companies
> > have a total of 450+ wells for both oil and natural gas in Lake Erie
> > alone. They seem to manage just fine (with gear and technology from
> > American suppliers).
> >
> > Recently, I was told by someone that has studied these problems for
many
> > years that most of the oil on Lake Erie comes from untrapped storm
> > drains. The last big one was the Rouge River about three years ago.
> >
> > We have the op****tunity to correct a lot of problems if we pick the
real
> > ones instead of the "politically correct" ones.
> >
> > This has been my problem with the "evironmental movement" since they
> > forced cars to get much reduced fuel economy in favor of maginally
> > reduced tailpipe emissions. Remember the early cat cars of the mid
> > seventies?
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> > KLC Lewis wrote:
> > > "Matt Colie" <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > > news:_Omah.51$gS6.18@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >>Why do they make noise about dependence on foreign oil and not let
anybody
> > >>go get what we have. (Canada has wells in most of the great lakes -
we
> > >>aren't allowed to, Cuba will soon be using Chinese investment to
drill
> > >>under the Florida straight - we can't do that either.)
> > >>
> > >>Matt Colie - environmentally conscious but educated and realistic
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm all for energy-independence, but I cannot believe that oil wells
on our
> > > Great Lakes would be a good idea. Oil spills from rigs on the oceans
are bad
> > > enough -- but similar spills on the Lakes would be disasterous.
> > >
> > >
