Re: [AMC-list] ugly cars of past 50 years

[tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

>
> conclusion:  the prius is not an economical environmentally friendly
> car.  it's all hat and no cattle.
>
>
It's design goal is to make money in a complex global market, in which it
has surpassed success. I tend to think you are correct in your assessment.
We'll see what happens with all those batteries... likely not available at
U-Pull-It :-)

With Fukushima, wanton sloppy drilling, all those crap GE reactors (and I do
know something about that tech), oil costs and harms, it's embarrassing just
how few Americans have any positive vision of the future. Every potential
change is seen as certain loss. It's stupid and short-sighted.

Making new energy sources (never mind other stuff) is so exciting and
interesting and cutting-edge and space-age and everything else, and all
anyone can say is grunt grunt i wanna burn oil like my pa did. We now have
1.5liter engines that out-perform 60's V8s, get 30 mpg and last 250K miles!
 I'm increasingly embarrassed to be American, by the utter lack of vision
and interest in the PRESENT never mind the future and the world yr kids will
live in. Never mind the plain old meanness everywhere.

So much of the US has become a country of nostalgia. How dull. Yeah I
realize the irony of saying this in a vintage car list; consistency itself
isn't a virtue, and I don't confuse my personal pleasures with the needs of
the world.
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