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- From: ems@michael.apple.com (E. Michael Smith)
- Subject: Re: NEWS: True Costs of Commercial Nuclear Power -- The Economic Failure
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.220918.10952@michael.apple.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:09:18 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.154111.1583@inel.gov> <51885@seismo.CSS.GOV> <1993Jan21.155144.18673@inel.gov>
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- In article <1993Jan21.155144.18673@inel.gov> dpe@inel.gov (Don Palmrose) writes:
- >In article <51885@seismo.CSS.GOV>, stead@skadi.CSS.GOV (Richard Stead) writes:
-
- >> Third, if you're really worried about it, buy a motorcycle. You can take
- >> them on any roads, they often have better range than cars, they are way
-
- And you can pay more for insurance (if you can get it) and take an
- inordinate risk of bodily damage in accidents. (BTW, I have a
- motorcycle licence and have owned motorcycles from time to time. I'm
- not afraid of them, but I do have respect for the carnage involved
- in motorcycle use ... not everyone may be so brave as to ride a bike,
- or stupid, depending on point of view.)
-
- I have never met a motorcycle with a longer range than a car. Period.
- There may be one, but the ones I've ridden got about 100-200 miles to
- the tank of gas. Cars tend to get 350-450.
-
- >> more fuel efficient and far less expensive than any car.
-
- They are only less expensive if you ignore the medical bills ...
-
- >A motorcycle is no better than a bicycle during the winter months up here in
- >Idaho. Everyone I know with motorcycles put them away for 7 to 8 months a
- >year here in Idaho. You really fail to grasp the affect winter weather has
- >on people and their choices for autos up here in the Rocky Mountain states.
-
- This was brought home to me by a friend in Idaho who pointed out one
- simple fact of winter life. He had to bring his car battery into
- the appartment when not using the car because the SULPHURIC ACID in
- it would FREEZE and break the battery if he didn't.
-
- Think about it. Does the phrase 50 degrees F below zero mean
- anything?
-
- >Plus, a motorcycle is more like a hobby for those people living in the
- >Rockies.
-
- Even in the warm toasty central valley of California, I've frozen
- my butt off in winter. Doing 50 MPH in a 33 F rain for a half hour
- will convince you real quick that bikes are a summer passion...
- and even then, only for a select few who are willing to accept
- the risk to life and limb and don't mind bugs in the {teeth, hair,
- cloths,...}. Or did you forget about all the grandmas and gandpas
- and mommies with babes in arms?...
-
- >> The fact that the problems you pose are so easy to solve only strengthens
- >> my resolve in this matter. I really think that a big gas tax could be
- >> instituted that would work great and not unfairly affect anyone.
-
- There is NO tax that does not unfairly affect SOMEONE.
- --
-
- E. Michael Smith ems@apple.COM
-
- 'Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has
- genius, power and magic in it.' - Goethe
-
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