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I heard that the Feds are quietly slowly increasing the ethanol content of gas to see how the national fleet handles it. Unverified.
When I was a kid, my elementary school library had a book on cars of the future. They were nuclear powered.
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02-15-2011, 11:42 AM
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I heard that the Feds are quietly slowly increasing the ethanol content of gas to see how the national fleet handles it. Unverified.
When I was a kid, my elementary school library had a book on cars of the future. They were nuclear powered.
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And, some flew and/or drove themselves.
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02-15-2011, 11:54 AM
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The Feds are currently working on both. [edit: flying cars and cars that drive themselves]
Ethanol is a plastic corrosive. We'll be seeing refit kits soon, and it won't be exactly cheap.
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02-15-2011, 12:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piece-itpete
The Feds are currently working on both. [edit: flying cars and cars that drive themselves]
Ethanol is a plastic corrosive. We'll be seeing refit kits soon, and it won't be exactly cheap.
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The Feds are working on it? I haven't seen much about flying cars in years.
But, I saw a Mercedes Benz video last year about a prototype car they've built that is almost able to drive itself unaided. (There have to be transmitters along the roadway telling it speed limits and warning of upcoming road signage/signals, etc. ----Then there are "judgement calls" that a machine isn't too good at.
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02-15-2011, 12:43 PM
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Blue, they're figuring it out. The big problem last I heard was new blacktop with no lines in rain.
Have any of you guys ever HAD to take the bus??
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02-15-2011, 12:48 PM
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Blue, they're figuring it out. The big problem last I heard was new blacktop with no lines in rain.
Have any of you guys ever HAD to take the bus??
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I have, liked it better than flying. Used to, they stopped every hour or so, which gave you an opportunity to buy more beer.
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02-15-2011, 12:48 PM
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Blue, they're figuring it out. The big problem last I heard was new blacktop with no lines in rain.
Have any of you guys ever HAD to take the bus??
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Actually, you can take a roundtrip bus to NYC from DC for $21.50. Roundtrip rail fare is $278. Chew on those numbers for a while.
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02-15-2011, 12:52 PM
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Actually, you can take a roundtrip bus to NYC from DC for $21.50. Roundtrip rail fare is $278. Chew on those numbers for a while.
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No kidding???
ArKaMo wasn't even that cheap, but it was worth it to ride in a purple bus with an orange interior!!!
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02-15-2011, 12:57 PM
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No kidding???
ArKaMo wasn't even that cheap, but it was worth it to ride in a purple bus with an orange interior!!!
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Several private companies sprung up to serve the Chinese immigrant population between the Chinatown's in DC, Philly and NYC. They've become such a hit that a number of competing companies have joined in with increasingly nicer buses and better service. Now all sorts of people travel on them. They have A/C, clean bathrooms, and TV/VCR.
http://www.staticleap.com/chinatownbus/
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02-15-2011, 01:16 PM
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I have, liked it better than flying. Used to, they stopped every hour or so, which gave you an opportunity to buy more beer.
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That's a point. Although after 10 hours or so that grimey feeling in the clothes...
And the Chicago terminal was a trip for this Provincial from Cleveland. I'd never seen people peeing on walls indoors before.
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... They have A/C, clean bathrooms, and TV/VCR.
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Clean bathrooms??! Amazing.
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