[Tfug] SUV [OT] gas

[Brian Masur]

Any four-door vehicle can fit you, your spouse, and two child seats + brats 
and still have room in the trunk for your geek kit and groceries.  Have you 
ever heard of a babysitter?  Make more frequent trips to the store and buy 
less each time on your way to or from wherever else you don't really need to 
be going (or don't, I hate seeing your brats in stores)...  If you're 7' 
tall just slide the seat back and lean the seat back and you'll fit.  The 
cheaper gas is the more expensive it is, more expensive gas gives you 
incentive to drive/pollute less.  I hope to see some of the BMW7 hydrogen 
cars around here soon.

While this might seem slightly irrelevant to some regarding TFUG, i say 
similar things to people who keep insisting on using windows or macOS, kde 
or gnome, work harder and lose the fat.

19.7% of gas price goes to government tax.  Isn't it funny how our laws 
state that we can't include tax in the price of anything on stickers, 
labels, but in GAS it's not mentioned separately?

Our gov taxing the bad things we use is incentive for us to not use it.  The 
income the gov gets from those taxes is incentive for them to keep it going. 
  Where is the incentive to sponsor renewable resources?  Who really owns 
Ford, GM, etc.?

o_0


>From: keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] SUV
>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:28:25 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I have the equivalent of the Ford Escape, a Chev Tracker.  I get 24mpg 
>which was ok in Tucson with lower gas prices in 2002.  I think gas was 
>$1.65/gal - does that sound right?
>
>In Phoenix I drive 4 times a much and gas is 2 times as much.  I'm hoping 
>for a 40+mpg replacement.  While not a tall man I am heavy.  I do not like 
>the cars that cause me to stoop to sit in.
>
>I did not realize you were 6'8''.  That does limit your options.
>
>Keith
>
>
>
>bigj at flatwan.net wrote: I agree we need change. I however get 18.6 mpg with 
>my '05 Nissan Titan
>5.6 liter V8 on mostly highway driving to and from work. The room I have
>in that 4 door truck cannot be found in any economical car.
>
>I also own a '01 Ford Escape which gets better gas mileage and I can
>barely fit myself, 2 kids in car seats and their associated baby
>paraphenelia.
>
>--
>Jon
>
> > I think the auto makers can do a better job.  We can still have a 
>roomie,
> > more efficient, and smaller vehicle.
> >
> > I think you will agree we do need a change.  If you are driving one of
> > those 10mpg SUV's you pay over $7.00 one way.  That's $75.00/week just 
>to
> > get to work and back home.  Ouch!
> >
> >
> >
> > bigj at flatwan.net wrote: I don't consider myself a fat ass because I work
> > 30 miles from home and my
> > kids can't fit on the back of my bike. I'm 6'8" and little ricers ain't
> > going to cut it for me and my family so I'm forced to buy something 
>large.
> >
> > I do agree with you that this situation blows more than Nicole Richie. I
> > hope they catch the POS.
> >
> > --
> > Jon
> >
> >>
> >> I can't believe it.  I've chatted with lilo a few times on freenode a
> >> long
> >> time ago.  This is terrible news.  Freenode just won't be the same
> >> without
> >> lilo...  :'(  I always cringe when I find out about bicycle accidents.
> >> My
> >> uncle died from a very similar circumstance.  I cycle a decent amount
> >> myself, and I'm always worried about being run over.  I seriously doubt
> >> a
> >> helmet will help me much in such an incident but it has to be better
> >> than
> >> nothing so I never ride without it.  It's just not fair, we're the
> >> better
> >> people in these times for not polluting and getting exercise, while 
>some
> >> fat
> >> ass is driving an SUV.  I voted yes on issues 1 and 2 on May 16th
> >> because
> >> part of the plan is the add many miles of bike lanes, among other
> >> reasons.
> >>
> >>>From: "Bowie J. Poag"
> >>>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> >>>To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> >>>Subject: [Tfug] Rob Levin died..
> >>>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:09:33 -0700
> >>>I didn't know him all that well, but Rob and I kept in touch over the
> >>>years. Even helped him out a bit when things were tight. Anyway, seems
> >>>Rob was in a hit-and-run on the 11th while riding his bicycle. Alot of
> >>>you guys probably have never heard of him, but Rob Levin was probably
> >>>one of the most sorely underappreciated behind-the-scenes guys in the
> >>>Linux community. Anyone who has anything even remotely serious to do w/
> >>>regard to OSS development meets on Freenode, and Freenode would have
> >>>been anarchy without Rob. He never made a dime off of running it, and
> >>>didn't want to.
> >>>
> >>>Saddest part is, practically no one knew him, and even fewer people
> >>> cared.