This article from Reuters reports Norway will be the first to outlaw smoking in restaurants and bars nationwide - I think that's already the law in California...
About 4 million. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/no/popula.html Yes, i believe the whole state of CA has a pretty restrictive smoking ban in ...
... I don't know what the population of Norway is, but when I visited there as a teenager a couple of decades ago, the whole country was covered by one ...
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/19/ma_375_01.html What Bush didn't reveal in his nationwide address, however, is that his administration has been...
=v= Tonight on teevee, the show "Junkyard Wars" had a special world series showdown: two teams competed to build a machine out of junk that would smash a car....
Jym Dyer
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May 8, 2003 3:18 am
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I don't really understand the mechanics of all this. If the oil game was straight corruption, wouldn't Bush be trying to reduce supply to boost prices? I...
... From memory half that of of London. 5 million. This is in a country that is narrow, even at the widest part in the south, but very long. If you stuck a...
David Hansen
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May 8, 2003 8:33 am
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Hold hard on celebrating this - however one may revel in the symbolism. It's even less anti-car than Basil Fawlty's futile whipping of his old banger for...
It's not "straight" corruption. It's a very highly evolved form of corrupt addiction-fueling, drug-dealer tactics, funded by the taxpayers, enforced at...
... ah, but allowing petrol prices to rise is considered political suicide in the US. no president or governor or mayor will dare to increase gas taxes or do...
"Control" the oil? I understand that Halliburton is going to make gobs of money from this. Don't they build rigs and such, rather than doing the actual...
It's the part about "in order to ensure that your pals get profits" that I'm not following. How does ExxonMobilBPAmoco benefit from more oil flowing from Iraq...
... http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/chi-0305080213may08,0,835888.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines U.S. pumped up Halliburton dealBy William...
Here's how, as quoted from from: http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin112102/chin112102.html "Since its creation in 1996, US oil companies have...
Corruption and theft, sure, but it is NOT "plain theft," or "straight corruption." And I think the distinction is worth making. It's just complicated enough to...
Thanks very much for the insightful comments. Steve ... From: "De Clarke" <de@...> To: <CarFree@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 1:08 PM ...
from Tom Tomorrow's excellent blog (www.thismodernworld.com): According to J.D. Power and Associates' survey of consumers who have purchased a new vehicle...
Won't a hydrogen economy be much more accessible than the current oil economy? i.e. people can make their own hydrogen at home from wind turbines or solar...
Everyone on this mailing list knows that owning a car is expensive. I recently finished creating an online calculator that shows just how expensive it is. ...
Jim Gregory
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May 12, 2003 12:36 pm
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Jim, Great link. Here's a link to an essay I wrote that describes what we're doing with our carfree dividend: http://www.unconventionalideas.com/carsave.html ...
... I can't wait. Gasoline, diesel, propane, natural gas and coal are so inaccessible it's a wonder we ever got an economy up and running. ... And store it in?...
On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 03:26 Europe/London, Steven Schoeffler ... [ORIGINAL MESSAGE SNIPPED] Plus, in theory at least, burning the fuel in one very large...
Great calculator page!!! Our use of a single 1991 Olds Silhouette minivan (that is well-maintained) for our family of four has kept our average monthly costs...
Great calculator. My cost of ownership is roughly $55/month - most of that due to insurance. I estimated high on the amount of fuel - I haven't put any in...
Great calculator! It reminds me of an ad I used to see when I rode the bus - I think it was when I used to live in Minneapolis, although it could have been ...
We've talked about the financial costs of car ownership--which are considerable. But for some people, and certainly in the long run, the intangible costs...
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