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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1186857" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>If every single person in the USA drove a car that got 40MPG, we wouldnt need to import a <em>single drop</em> of oil from the Middle East. And if gas <em>did</em> cost $8 or $9 a gallon, the free market would create an even greater demand for hyper-efficient vehicles, hybrids, electric cars etc and perhaps then we as a nation would start making<em> rational </em>choices as far as the vehicles we choose to drive and what we chose to fuel them with. I for one have no interest in getting involved in yet another bloody war in the Middle East so that some fat ass can keep on filling up his SUV with cheap fuel.</p><p></p><p>Google "Volkswagon Lupo". This is a car that is available in Europe. <strong>It can get up to 80MPG on one gallon of renewable biodiesel. </strong>Why arent such cars available here in the USA? Why the hell arent we <em>all</em> driving them? Rather than "stepping in" to deal with yet another "huge problem" in the Middle East, maybe we should step <em>up </em>and take steps to end our addiction to the cheap imported oil that motivates us to "deal" with problems that arent any of our damn business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1186857, member: 14668"] If every single person in the USA drove a car that got 40MPG, we wouldnt need to import a [I]single drop[/I] of oil from the Middle East. And if gas [I]did[/I] cost $8 or $9 a gallon, the free market would create an even greater demand for hyper-efficient vehicles, hybrids, electric cars etc and perhaps then we as a nation would start making[I] rational [/I]choices as far as the vehicles we choose to drive and what we chose to fuel them with. I for one have no interest in getting involved in yet another bloody war in the Middle East so that some fat ass can keep on filling up his SUV with cheap fuel. Google "Volkswagon Lupo". This is a car that is available in Europe. [B]It can get up to 80MPG on one gallon of renewable biodiesel. [/B]Why arent such cars available here in the USA? Why the hell arent we [I]all[/I] driving them? Rather than "stepping in" to deal with yet another "huge problem" in the Middle East, maybe we should step [I]up [/I]and take steps to end our addiction to the cheap imported oil that motivates us to "deal" with problems that arent any of our damn business. [/QUOTE]
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