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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:12 pm

Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.
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Postby Trippoli » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:13 pm

Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.
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Postby Orlkjestad » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:13 pm

greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:13 pm

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Rolling squid wrote:So we ditch the suburbs. They're unsustainable anyways.


And do what with the millions of people who live in them? Resettle them Stalin style?


No. Let the intelligent people come to the realization that their way of life is unsustainable, and let them move to the city. Hope the stupid ones follow.

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Rolling squid wrote:So we ditch the suburbs. They're unsustainable anyways.


And do what with the millions of people who live in them? Resettle them Stalin style?


Can't we just expand bus networks to suburban America? Trams are expensive, and so are subways. Buses are the right answer.


Buses still burn gasoline. We need electric powered transportation.

We already have buses that run on natural gas, which is clean. Pretty soon we'll have electric and hydrogen buses.

Not clean as far as Co2.
Hydrogen is unlikely
electric cars should be possible, but thenw e wont need the buses.
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Postby Maurepas » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:13 pm

greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

It's gonna go great for the Mercenary business I intend to get going around that time., 8)

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Postby The Corparation » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:14 pm

Why not go with the price they pay in africa, the middle east, or south/central america?
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Postby Orlkjestad » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:14 pm

greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
Rolling squid wrote:
Brogavia wrote:
Rolling squid wrote:So we ditch the suburbs. They're unsustainable anyways.


And do what with the millions of people who live in them? Resettle them Stalin style?


No. Let the intelligent people come to the realization that their way of life is unsustainable, and let them move to the city. Hope the stupid ones follow.

Orlkjestad wrote:
Brogavia wrote:
Rolling squid wrote:So we ditch the suburbs. They're unsustainable anyways.


And do what with the millions of people who live in them? Resettle them Stalin style?


Can't we just expand bus networks to suburban America? Trams are expensive, and so are subways. Buses are the right answer.


Buses still burn gasoline. We need electric powered transportation.

We already have buses that run on natural gas, which is clean. Pretty soon we'll have electric and hydrogen buses.

Not clean as far as Co2.
Hydrogen is unlikely
electric cars should be possible, but thenw e wont need the buses.

Natural gas is still quite clean.
Hydrogen is already developing.
I suppose, but they're unreliable.
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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:15 pm

Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

The Liberal Party will finally found a socialist government! Hell yeah!

Over you and your comrades dead bodies.
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Postby Brogavia » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:16 pm

Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.


Gasoline sneaks into nuseries at night and strangle babies. Proven fact.
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Postby NERVUN » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:16 pm

United States of PA wrote:
NERVUN wrote:I just fueled up today, it was 126 yen/l. (Around and about $5 per gal).

And before you guys say anything about how Japan has wonderful public transportation (It does), I live in rural Japan. The store we go to is 20 minutes down the road, my school is 30 minutes away (26 km, or about 16 miles). But, see, Japan believes in smaller cars with much better fuel standards than the US.

It can be done and it just MIGHT get people out of their gas guzzlers.



NERV, my dads 71 Ford Pickup gets nearly 12mpg, and thats with it original engine, a shitty accelerator pump and a shitty carburetor. If a 71 (Year before the Crackdown on Gas Guzzlers began), gets nearly half the MPG as my mom's 86 Mercury Sable, i dont know what a gas guzzler is.

Heck, even those big diesel Pickups people are really fond of over here get's good fuel mileage, provided you get the Diesel Engines and not the gas. 20mpg out of a 08 Dodge 2500 Ram is nearly the same as many Economy fuel cars. Scion for example gets 27mpg highway, my Shop Teachers Dodge, which i stated before, gets 20mpg highway.

My Noah (A minivan) gets 28.

My little k-car gets much better.
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Postby Orlkjestad » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:17 pm

greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

The Liberal Party will finally found a socialist government! Hell yeah!

Over you and your comrades dead bodies.

If the commies won in 1917, we'll win in 2017. 8)
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Postby Lackadaisical2 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:17 pm

Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.

Do you always fuck things you find to be evil?
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Postby Brogavia » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:17 pm

greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

The Liberal Party will finally found a socialist government! Hell yeah!

Over you and your comrades dead bodies.


Considering that liberals don't have guns, it would be very short.
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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:18 pm

Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

The Liberal Party will finally found a socialist government! Hell yeah!

Over you and your comrades dead bodies.

If the commies won in 1917, we'll win in 2017. 8)

Not on this continent.
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Postby Trippoli » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:18 pm

Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.

Do you always fuck things you find to be evil?


Yes.
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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:18 pm

Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.

Do you always fuck things you find to be evil?

that would explain many of the crazy women I have dated in the past.
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Postby Lackadaisical2 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:18 pm

Trippoli wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.

Do you always fuck things you find to be evil?

Yes.

sweet, I'm about to get laid.
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Postby Brogavia » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:19 pm

Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.

Do you always fuck things you find to be evil?


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Postby Greed and Death » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:19 pm

Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.

Do you always fuck things you find to be evil?

Yes.

sweet, I'm about to get laid.

sadly her period started early.
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Postby Orlkjestad » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:19 pm

Brogavia wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

The Liberal Party will finally found a socialist government! Hell yeah!

Over you and your comrades dead bodies.


Considering that liberals don't have guns, it would be very short.

We actually do. We hide AK-47s and Soviet conscripts under our beds for the coming revolution.
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Postby Panzerjaeger » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:20 pm

Brogavia wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

The Liberal Party will finally found a socialist government! Hell yeah!

Over you and your comrades dead bodies.


Considering that liberals don't have guns, it would be very short.

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Postby Orlkjestad » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:20 pm

greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Orlkjestad wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Allbeama wrote:
Consaria wrote:I think if this happens, the Tea Party will finally start a revolution.

Which will result in total chaos and the Second American Civil War, due to the fact that so few of us here in the US can actually agree on anything. There would be at least 3 to 5 different factions involved.

You say this like it is a bad thing.

The Liberal Party will finally found a socialist government! Hell yeah!

Over you and your comrades dead bodies.

If the commies won in 1917, we'll win in 2017. 8)

Not on this continent.

Do not be being so sure.

Besides, we're socialists. NOT COMMIES. Socialized healthcare, yes! Stalin, no!

Maybe I should move to Canada.
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Postby Orlkjestad » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:22 pm

The Corparation wrote:Why not go with the price they pay in africa, the middle east, or south/central america?

I've been to Colombia several times.

Its the same as in the USA, circa 3 bucks.
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Postby Lackadaisical2 » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:22 pm

greed and death wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:
Lackadaisical2 wrote:
Trippoli wrote:Gas is evil. Fuck fossil fuels.

Do you always fuck things you find to be evil?

Yes.

sweet, I'm about to get laid.

sadly her period started early.

A 'lil blood never stopped me 8)
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Postby Quadrimmina » Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:22 pm

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Trollgaard wrote:I can't afford $7 per gallon gas.

The rich can and thats all that matters.

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