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Re: [RC] [RC] gas & diesel prices again - Karen Sullivan----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Bramhall" <howard9732@xxxxxxx> I've checked into the hybrid cars. 68 mpg! Gas doesn't even burn while in first gear. It's about time and the good news is even GM will, eventually, start to build them. If you want to purchase one you will most likely be put on a waiting list. Looks like some consumers have seen the light. Cars like these should be the majority, not, a hard to find, zero advertised product like they are now. *Howard, we are in agreement.....pretty sad how people seem to be enthralled by luxury cars...with more stupid stuff to break than anyone needs...and very little emphasis on efficiency. I do, however, feel somewhat uncomfortable using a big diesel truck to haul horses around for fun stuff......there is one gal in the county using biodiesel....I keep trying to remember to talk to her....the same gal also has one of the hybrid cars too. I'm seriously considering purchasing a buggy and teaching my horses how to pull it. *My daughters Arab will be forever scarred for life by my daughters attempt to "cart break her." This is a pretty laid back Arab too.....three years later and she is still looking for that cart lurking around that property. *However, you would appreciate our 3 mile riding jaunts into main street of our town to tie up horses as the local watering hole and have a few drinks. The ride home is "always" more relaxing than the ride there; wonder why?!? They haven't followed through yet on our requests for a hitching post, but there are a lot of trees next door to tie to. *Second to last time my husband rode (probably 1991), we went out with some folks in some rural area bordering a ritzy development. My husband was very pleased when the local country club bar was open and he could have a few beers....made the experience of the horse dumping him in the creek along the way worthwhile. *When my daughter was in Kindergarden; I occasionally would hitch the Welsh pony up to the cart and drive in to town to pick her up (4 miles). It was really fun picking her up in the car line. We also used to drive the pony into town for pizza. Karen cya, Howard (who can't believe we're still driving vehicles that burn fossil fuels after all these years; there has to be a better answer to all of this) *And it's still a crying shame we are building houses that are so energy ineffiecient also...People seem to want huge houses and luxury cars. ============================================================ There is no better way to see the world than from the back of a horse. ~ Teddy Roosevelt ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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