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On 27 Aug 2003 at 13:25, Aaron Clow wrote: > I find it strange that the added smog stuff on the pre-1973 engines > supposedly didn't impact hp by even one hp. I would doubt very much > that this is the case. Yeah, I totally agree. > Bill Mahr notes in his most recent book (not sure > where he gets his figures) that if we reduced the > average fuel consumption in the country by 2.7mpg, we > could completely eliminate our need for all oil coming > from the Middle East. I love Bill Mahr, but this seems unlikely, simply because I think we now import more than 1/2 of our oil. It's possible, though, if we consider that not all of our import oil comes from the Middle East, but the fact that not all of our oil goes for transportation makes this goal harder. I feel bad that my own type 3s don't do any better on gas mileage than they do, but I hope that this is balanced by the fact that I have not bought new cars, which took energy to make. I've often wondered how long it would take to make up the total energy costs if I bought a new car with better gas mileage, compared to just keeping my older type 3 that gets poorer mileage. Reduce, reuse, recycle. I'm sure you've heard it before. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org