My Modest Proposal to End Global Warming, Revitalize General Aviation, and End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:28:19 +0000 (UTC), (Edward
A. Falk) wrote:

In article . com,
Jay Honeck wrote:
Sounds good to me.

Me, too.

I could live quite happily without freeways. In fact, given my 6 mile
(round trip) commute each day, I'm considering an all-electric car as
my next vehicle.

All-electric cars have the problem of limited range. I'm thinking of
a plug-in Prius for my next car. It's an electric car for short trips,

Of course in the US that voids your warranty. In Europe they have a
button on the dash to use it as an all electric when around town and
then go to hybrid for longer trips. Instead of just shy of 50 MPG
they are running in the neighborhood of 100 MPG.

The reason for not having the button in the US is the battery
warranty.

Roger (K8RI)
and a hybrid for long ones. With solar panels on the roof to charge it,
it becomes pretty green.

Of course, those who still live out in the sticks will need some other
way to get around. This will be the rail lines, just like in the old
days, or they will fly, as God intended. New airports will spring up
like flowers after a rain. Flight instructors will be busy. The little
planes will no longer bother anybody because everyone will realize they
are necessary. Aircraft manufacturers will finally have the incentive
to innovate and produce airplanes in reasonable numbers.
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This all assumes that Joe Average Goober is smart enough to be trained
in the skills/art of flying an airplane.

Then again, airplane operation does tend to stick pretty closely to the
Laws of Natural Selection (the dumb ones are removed from the gene
pool). Maybe in 4 or 5 generations the actual average intelligence level
will rise if more people took up flying...

O.K. Hopefully our more "sensitive" readers will recognize the dark
humor above and not go ballistic.

Be Careful out There
Mike