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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (119136)	4/29/2008 12:56:51 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Let's roll! and until the alternatives are viable and affordable i guess we won't 'roll' that is <g> it still doesn't make sense to buy a hybrid suv (lexus), i know, i spent the past couple of days looking...the money saved by purchasing a late model non hybrid suv (significantly discounted) at $4/gal. will take about 10 years (based on my annual mileage) to recoup...at $7/gal, that will change obviously....but at the same time, prices of used SUV's would drop dramatically as well if driving economy is the only criteria, your best bet is probably a used honda civic or corolla a 2001 civic gets almost 40 highway, in good condition only $8200...think of the gas you can buy with the savings over new...cheap cheap cheap

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (119136)	4/29/2008 1:17:09 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

completely agree patron. There are a lot of electric cars around here.... most are prototypes, some are really nice like the Tesla and some are stupid looking golf cart types- but just seeing them around is going in the right direction. However, the cluelessness of this administration continues to astound me. I have been hearing that oil prices were pumped up by speculators and destined to fall since $50 per bbl and maybe even below. The Bush admin had oil pegged at around $20bbl after the Iraq war "stabilized things"- jokes on them I guess. On Bush's press conference today he sounded like he was about to cry- and he was practically begging to DRILL in Anwar, as if that is the holy grail. The real problem with oil prices is that the dollar has been cut in half. If we had a stable dollar, things would not be this bad.