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Does This Mean we Get More Huge Gas Guzzlers?
Help me out: if carmakers are judged by the average mileage, and there are a lot of new hybrid vehicles which readily raise the mileage of the fleet up, does that mean that carmakers will be able to use the offsets to produce traditional huge fun vehicles that people like me want to drive?
In other words, will an unintended consequence of all these green policies be that V8s and v12-engined cars will become more available, rather than less?
I’m not asking for a friend. I’m asking for me. After all, I care about the planet. The more CO2 I produce, the more plants grow, the more life there is on earth – it is a win-win!
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And we engineers in general have always been relatively quiet to begin with.
The semiconductor chip shortage is also restricting the flow of higher trim level cars, as the additional technology bits in the higher trim levels require more chips.
Doing my part at 14.5 gallons an hour of 100 octane aviation gas.
Do I get a prize?
Not compared to John Travolta’s 707.
From your blood soaked enviro-terrorist fingers to Detroit’s ears, iWe.
How did you take that selfie?
Mrs Tex is the champ for this, I think. It always made me happy to think she probably burned enough JP4 in the USAF to more than exceed our lifetime federal income tax payments. The Jet A at FedEx was icing on the cake.
Invisible selfie stick. :-) Maybe not for that exact shot, though.
She flew T-5/ F – 5s ?
To hell with that, what’s with the alien writing on the ground????
T38 (F5 platform) was the supersonic trainer for pilot training for maybe 50 years. She is in the back (instructor seat). Soon to be replaced by the T-7. The stuff on the ground is some meandering river in northern Mississippi under one of the designated maneuver areas
Sure, that’s what they WANT US to think!
The Thunderbirds flew the Talon for a while. Thanks for reminding me of the T38 nomenclature. One can forget a lot in 20+ years. I seem to remember pilots loved it back in the day.
If I ever get my hands on one, I hope it plays Wagner’s Ride of the Valkeries when running on the battery.