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To: TobagoJack who wrote (30621)	3/8/2008 9:32:01 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 217656

Here is $A1.37 per litre. And it's illegal to wash your car yourself :)

To: TobagoJack who wrote (30621)	3/8/2008 9:43:15 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217656

Just back. It is 3:40AM. Need to elaborate on that since six months ago. I will do it later on the day.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (30621)	3/9/2008 12:46:36 AM
From: pogohere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217656

Is shenhua coal included in any of these?: finance.yahoo.com thanks

To: TobagoJack who wrote (30621)	3/9/2008 5:43:41 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217656

That seems strange: <saw her first auto engine> Grandson Hayes is not strictly adept at disassembling and reassembling engines but has certainly seen a good number of them and has participated in oil changes, batteries and things. Electric motor replacement, disassembly, reassembly etc. Puncture repair, soldering, drilling, planing, sawing, rasping, burning and all sorts of bloke stuff. Not to mention inspections of all sorts of construction equipment, pulling of levers and stuff. I guess the shed and life in NZ is a different realm from downtown Hong Kong and Boracay. Mqurice

To: TobagoJack who wrote (30621)	3/9/2008 3:14:43 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217656

The previous “evolution” of cars were: • Embedding new technology as price of processing power went down • Cosmetic and • marketing oriented The real evolution is based on the fuel used by vehicles. Making use of the same platform, engine and fuel infrastructure we feed Ethanol into cars. It is more likely that cars will be changed rather than the city and people’s lifestyles. The platforms adapt to the new realities, we will move into: • Majority of cars 1.000CC to max. 2.000cc. • Low weight • 20% of ethanol • Road pricing Please watch any movies of the 60s in Europe. All cars were smaller than today’s. We will return to that size of cars. Ok, perhaps with some adaptation to carry fat people. The present evolution is made by the producer of alternative fuels, but not of cars. Of course the parts makers (Bosch etc)are part of this evolution, but its center is the producer of the cost effective alternative fuel. The US for a while will not engage full blown into ethanol due to pride. Not invented here syndrome plus pork barrel politics. But it won't last. People's main concern preservation of their suburban lifestyle. SUMMARIZING THE REAL EVOLUTION: Late 19th century Germany develops key technologies=>early 20th century US creates the auto industry=>Mid-20th century Japanese modifies auto industry and cars=>end 20th century early/21st century Brazil makes the next step as the test bed for evolution based on cost of fuel.