Comments on: WIN: Oil Oil Everywhere, Not A Drop To Burn

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:47:41 +0000

I heard about the Telsa the other day. There is all the Aptera coming out in California that gets around 300 miles to the gallon and costs only around $27k.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:18:54 +0000

Yeah I read an article about Tesla too that there’s a huge waiting list. It helps when they can only produce something like 50 cars a year until they ramp up production though.

By: FHR

FHR — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:23:11 +0000

The problem I see with cars like this Tesla roadster, the Prius of a few years ago, etc. is that the people who are buying them are largely enamored with the way they are perceived or their own egos. They buy these vehicles only as a means to have the “hottest” product or the newest fad. Honestly, I hope this green fad catches on and causes a paradigm shift for American consumers….I sense it has already begun.

By: The Digerati Life

The Digerati Life — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:53:47 +0000

Someone I know had signed up for the Tesla roadster. But apparently it’s hard to get a hold of it. There’s a huge waiting list. What a nice problem to have I guess…

By: fivecentnickel.com

fivecentnickel.com — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:32:38 +0000

Yeah, Ron beat me to the punch. 4 gallons of *oil* is quite different from 4 gallons of gas. In addition to everything Ron listed, think of all the heating oil that gets burned in the winter, the amount of oil/gas used getting the things that you want to buy into your local stores, jet fuel (averaged out over the year), etc.

By: Rick Morley

Rick Morley — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:19:29 +0000

I personally use about a half a gallon of gas per day. Of course, this doesn’t count the fuel used to transport the goods I purchase from the manufacturing plants to the stores, but I buy very little anyway, that this number is pretty much negligible.

By: Ron@TheWisdomJournal

Ron@TheWisdomJournal — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:35:10 +0000

Bear in mind that only 42% of a unit of oil is actually turned into gasoline. The rest goes into your everyday living…crayons, contact lenses, roofing, asphalt, waxes, CD roms, hair coloring, paint and coatings, anything plastic, etc, etc, etc.