On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:08:45 GMT, "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net>
wrote:

>
>"Enough Already" <enough_already@lycos.com> wrote in message
>news:2d28aac9-c795-45a7-8975-c7d250e05b52@u18g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
>> The subject line is phrased as a question, but a study of American
>> streets shows the answer.
>Snip
>
>Are lengthy troll posts done for utility or ego?
>

DOn't know, but they do waste precious resources that could be used
for more productive things.

"PeterD" <peter2@hipson.net> wrote in message
news:64jsg4pms58j25jj10rqgor3auidfgmr9q@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:13:23 -0800 (PST), Enough Already
> <enough_already@lycos.com> wrote:
>
>> With the global
>>population growing by 77 million annually, and the world not getting
>>any bigger, everyone should stop
>
> having so many damned children.

Amen to that! It's hard enough driving my Escalade down those narrow 2-lane
residential streets. Now I have to have my suspension re-tuned from running
over so many of the little buggers. Didn't have that problem years ago. . .

"Only stupid people are breeding"

In article <2d28aac9-c795-45a7-8975-c7d250e05b52@u18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, Enough Already <enough_already@lycos.com> wrote:
>The subject line is phrased as a question, but a study of American
>streets shows the answer.
>
>At least half of people driving full-size trucks (and SUVs) could live
>with something more efficient. Probably 2/3rds of them could. Large
>trucks are too clean and too empty too much of the time. Too many of
>them are dressed up or lowered down and rendered impractical for real
>hauling.
>
>It's easy to spot an actual work truck vs. a fragile-ego-booster. "Get
>out of my way, I've got more mass than you!" "Look at my bad-ass
>grille looming in your mirror!" We've all seen these pinheads.
>
>American trucks have been full-size for decades, which is no crime IF
>they are used to capacity, not as displays of resource gluttony. The
>2007, whale-like Toyota Tundra and newer Tacomas are disappointing. I
>see little evidence that the new Tundras, especially double-cab short
>bed, are used much beyond an ego-trip. Toyota could have kept them at
>their relatively compact size but they bowed to the drill here, drill
>now, anti-conservation crowd, who think any vehicle < 250HP makes you
>a wimp.
>
>What compels people to occupy as much space as possible on the road?
>Are obese women more desirable than slim ones? Think about that for
>awhile. If there was the same stigma against being seen with a fat
>truck as a......
>
>FYI, the reason fuel prices have dropped recently is due to supply and
>demand, not a miraculous resurgence in the amount of global oil.
>People really started conserving this summer after the futures spike,
>and the credit-default-swap mess has kept them cautious. Oil itself is
>as finite as ever; more so every second. It's unclear when the price
>will push $4/gallon again, but it will, and it will keep rising as
>global production peaks.
>
>The argument that you have a "right" to waste as much oil as you want,
>and deny all evidence for AGW, is also bogus. With the global
>population growing by 77 million annually, and the world not getting
>any bigger, everyone should stop being a glutton.
>
>E.A.
>
>http://enough_already.tripod.com/
>
>Old conservative adage: waste not, want not.
>New conservative adage: waste a lot, want more.

that's what you get for buying a crystal ball at walmart.
mine says people will stay stupid until forced. and if change is not
permanent, they will revert to stupid mode instantly.
n'est pas?

My Tundra is empty 5 days a week but full the other two days. If I
didn't have it I'd need pack mules.

Skip

On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:13:23 -0800 (PST), Enough Already
<enough_already@lycos.com> wrote:

>The subject line is phrased as a question, but a study of American
>streets shows the answer.
>
>At least half of people driving full-size trucks (and SUVs) could live
>with something more efficient. Probably 2/3rds of them could. Large
>trucks are too clean and too empty too much of the time. Too many of
>them are dressed up or lowered down and rendered impractical for real
>hauling.
>
>It's easy to spot an actual work truck vs. a fragile-ego-booster. "Get
>out of my way, I've got more mass than you!" "Look at my bad-ass
>grille looming in your mirror!" We've all seen these pinheads.
>
>American trucks have been full-size for decades, which is no crime IF
>they are used to capacity, not as displays of resource gluttony. The
>2007, whale-like Toyota Tundra and newer Tacomas are disappointing. I
>see little evidence that the new Tundras, especially double-cab short
>bed, are used much beyond an ego-trip. Toyota could have kept them at
>their relatively compact size but they bowed to the drill here, drill
>now, anti-conservation crowd, who think any vehicle < 250HP makes you
>a wimp.
>
>What compels people to occupy as much space as possible on the road?
>Are obese women more desirable than slim ones? Think about that for
>awhile. If there was the same stigma against being seen with a fat
>truck as a......
>
>FYI, the reason fuel prices have dropped recently is due to supply and
>demand, not a miraculous resurgence in the amount of global oil.
>People really started conserving this summer after the futures spike,
>and the credit-default-swap mess has kept them cautious. Oil itself is
>as finite as ever; more so every second. It's unclear when the price
>will push $4/gallon again, but it will, and it will keep rising as
>global production peaks.
>
>The argument that you have a "right" to waste as much oil as you want,
>and deny all evidence for AGW, is also bogus. With the global
>population growing by 77 million annually, and the world not getting
>any bigger, everyone should stop being a glutton.
>
>E.A.
>
>http://enough_already.tripod.com/
>
>Old conservative adage: waste not, want not.
>New conservative adage: waste a lot, want more.

In article <p8jsg4pd75bimbsv6fn3ggl3bn1gt697gq@4ax.com>, PeterD <peter2@hipson.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:08:45 GMT, "Augustus" <no_one@no_where.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Enough Already" <enough_already@lycos.com> wrote in message
>>news:2d28aac9-c795-45a7-8975-c7d250e05b52@u18g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
>>> The subject line is phrased as a question, but a study of American
>>> streets shows the answer.
>>Snip
>>
>>Are lengthy troll posts done for utility or ego?
>>
>
>DOn't know, but they do waste precious resources that could be used
>for more productive things.
nooky and beer?

On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:10:36 -0500, "Carolina Watercraft Works"
<cooltoys@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Maybe people in many third world countries need to stop popping
>out babies left and right so there will be more oil for my Ram 4x4
>to use.

And by "third world", I would hope you're including various areas
of the US. Including my neighbor's house.

On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 19:14:34 -0700, "Fuller Wrath"
<boogerpicker@wazoo.net> wrote:

>"Only stupid people are breeding"

They'll still be able to vote.

scrape wrote:

> And by "third world", I would hope you're including various areas
> of the US. Including my neighbor's house.

Your neighbors house is better than the house (or lack of) in a 3rd
world nation.

On Nov 2, 1:56*pm, "Jeff Strickland" <cr...@verizon.net> wrote:
> "Rowbotth" <rowbo...@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
>
> news:rowbotth-75790E.11483802112008@news.newsgroupdirect.com...
>
> > Obviously most people live where they could utilize some form of public
> > transportation for part of their traveling - but if they choose instead
> > to fight traffic; fight for parking spaces and pay all the associated
> > costs to operate a vehicle, why not? *After all it is watching these
> > folks that convince most of the remainder to use some form of public
> > transportation, I think.
>
> My limited experience is that "most" is not accurate at all. "Some," is
> accurate, but I would suggest that "most" is a stretch.
>
> In my little valley, there are 250,000 inhabitants. There is virtually no
> public transportation to speak of. There is very limited bus service, and
> even less taxi service. We have to drive 40 miles to the train station,
> there are three trains outbound in the morning and three inbound in the
> evening, and the schedule at each end of the line does not align very well
> with the workday.

Agreed. I live just outside DC - nearly walking distance from a Metro
station - and there STILL is no public transportation that will take
me to my office (near Dulles Airport) Now the girlie does work in DC
and does take the Metro every day, but she is always complaining about
it... I would bet that if there were affordable parking near her
workplace she'd be driving. Even with traffic as bad as it is, it'd
be faster than Metro, and more reliable...

but in any case I agree with Jeff, I would say that the vast majority
of people HAVE to provide their own transportation to work, be it
driving, cycling, walking, whatever because they don't have public
transportation options.

nate