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Detroit, 6:07 AM
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Now I'm picturing a fellow Jalop going in for a psych exam. The shrink holds up a Rorschach inkblot and asks "What do you see?" The Jalop replies, "Transmisison fluid." On the next picture, the Jalop says "Motor oil." On the last one the Jalop jokingly responds with "Blinker fluid" and is immediately declared insane. #mercedeseclass
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You may want to double check that title, though. #mercedeseclass
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My argument for sitting on the sofa being good for the planet is unassailable.
Someone throw me a Guinness...from Ireland. I want the good stuff.
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I'm glad to hear someone say they want a beer with more body than Guinness, because I get eye rolls when I mention it.
Lion Stout...I'll keep an eye out.
I wish we could get more of the world's stouts here. I might have to go on a local hunt....
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So you are telling me that Chevy, Dodge, and Ford trucks are not each respectively the most longest lasting, dependable trucks on the road with more repeat buyers than Chevy, Dodge, or Ford?
I need to see your references...
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50/50 on it. If the green ratings are that important, you'll do a quick online search before moving ahead anyway.
"caveat emptor"
(BTY, I wonder how the Advertising Standards Authority would look upon an add from Southfield Chrysler/Jeep?)
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This ad is not entirely misleading. Most folks are inclined to look at the fine print to see exactly to what they refer. I am suspicious by nature, so I tend to look for qualifications.
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For some reason I feel like Devil's advocate today.
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Agreed... I'm starting to embrace streaming video.
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An ugly car that is painted in an ugly brown color, marketed to tree huggers with trust funds, who obviously don't care about the environment, but would like to fit in with their hippy friends.
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Also, this whole CO2 business is just stupid. CO2 is produced by everything living- even trees (see: photorespiration), and regulating it on cars is not negating any of the other CO2 that is produced from anywhere else. Focus on the fuel efficiency and the useless CO2 numbers will likely go down as the engines get more efficient. Look at how they're choking diesel engines with the new regulations; the diesels have actually lost some fuel efficiency with the restrictions. That said, I don't like smog, but increasing efficiency will decrease the pollutants because less fuel will be burned. It's just common sense and doesn't require a chemistry degree to figure out- unlike those CO2 numbers.
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The focus on CO2 is recent. The popularity of diesels is much older. Besides, x% reduction of CO2 emission = x% reduction of fuel consumption, assuming you only consider 1 type of fuel.
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@Z71: Yes there's a CO2 cycle, but we're unbalancing it by burning the carbon that's been sequestered in fossil fuel and to a lesser extent cutting down the forests that participate in photosynthesis. Those are the only explanations for the huge rise in atmospheric CO2 in the industrial age to a level that hasn't been matched in over 500,000 years.
See also Climate myths: Higher CO2 levels will boost plant growth an...
Also, another CO2 cycle is it getting dissolved in the ocean; increased atmospheric CO2 means a more acid ocean.
Educate yourself, [en.wikipedia.org]
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Sure, it is (thankfully) still rare for an obese British gentleman to paint himself from head to toe in the colour of his favorite sports team, then appear on national tv in his underpants, as 100's of 1000's of Americans do every Sunday and Monday night (and the occasional Thursday). But Brittan, for some reason, has decided that its citizenry is incredibly stupid, and unfailingly criminal. As such, more and more of British life is being regulated, watched, taxed, or all of the above.
More frightening for me is that my former colony didn't rebel. Instead we politely asked for our independence. So as to not offend our former masters, we kept the queen on our money, the GG in Rideau Hall, and a very close tie between our legislation and that of the U of K. It is only a matter of time before Canada starts down this slippery police-state slope.
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@Alfisted: Exactly. You got Don... we got Craig Sager. My eyes!
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