[Gllug] Greenhouse emissions (was Geforce2)

[David Irvine]

On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 10:49, Jackson, Harry wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Harker [mailto:jon at jonathanharker.co.uk]
> >  
> > <rant level="flamethrower, cheeky bastard, deliberately provocative">
> > As it happens, we should really try and drive manual 
> > transmissions, as they 
> > can be up to 10% more fuel efficient. I'd be more worried 
> > about that, and the 
> > fact that the US saw fit to flout ten hard years of trying to 
> > build up 
> > effective UN environmental legislation (Kyoto, Rio, etc), and 
> > yet produce 
> > nearly half of the world's CO2. Geez, now they're walking all 
> > over 50 year 
> > old Geneva POW conventions, too. "Illegal combatants", my arse (ass)!
> > PS. reply subject should be "Greenhouse emissions (was Geforce2)"  :-)
> > </rant>
> 
> 
> <rant_return>
> All of the above is of course that everyone drives their cars at optimum
> efficiency. An automatic for the masses is generally a more efficient car as
> you do not get people revving their cars to death or boy racers on the
> motorway in third gear because it sounds good. 

I beg to differ, most automatic car's i've seen have only 3 gears, and
the engine rpm at 85mph is higher than its manual counterparts 

(in  my experiences anyway)
 

D





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