Re: Fuel Prices... again...

Dale J. wrote:
> Gas here just went up the other day to $1.239 per liter (that's $4.69
per US 
> gallon or $5.63 per Imperial gallon).  WTF?!?   If the Auto industry had

> kept up with progress and R&D like the Computer industry has we would
all be 
> driving 500 HP cars that get 80 MPG at 80 mPH.  But the government and
big 
> oil won't let that happen now, will they...
> 
> 

The computer industry?  The same industry that built my X60 laptop that 
takes a very expensive Li-Ion battery that will run for about 5 hours on 
a charge?  The same industry that built my Tandy 100 that will run for 
WEEKS on 4AA batteries?!?

Plus if your car was like a PC (or even a MAC) every once in a while it 
would quit running or all it's controls would lock up for no apparent 
reason.

Annoying in a computer, disastrous in a car!