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Norway wants to ban sale of gas-powered cars
The Windsor Star ^
| 4/27/2009
| Alister Doyle
Posted on 04/27/2009 8:53:21 AM PDT by doc30
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Ban does not include hybrids and biofuel vehicles.
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posted on
04/27/2009 8:53:21 AM PDT
by
doc30
To: doc30
That sounds like a dandy was to boost recession-hit sales of existing gas-powered cars thru 2005.
Same "ends" here in the US with Government Moters and driving the car company to bankruptcy... just different "means".
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posted on
04/27/2009 8:56:47 AM PDT
by
C210N
(The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
To: doc30
Still, Halvorsen said she knew of no other finance minister in the world who was even arguing for such a goal. Who wants to be ahead of their time on a stupid idea?
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posted on
04/27/2009 8:59:41 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(I am the pink flamingo on the great lawn of life.)
To: FourPeas
We too have had financial types building cars for quite some time. They took over General Motors for example. For several years GM made enormous profits making and selling SUVs. Dividends were enormous. Payouts for additional union benefits were increased substantially. Everybody was happy except somebody forgot to consult the engineers about using antiquated buildings, wornout machinery and what happens if there's a recession and the company has no cash reserves for retooling.
I suppose Norway's Finance Minister sees likes what she sees when she goes shopping in Detroit.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:03:18 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: FourPeas
Who wants to be ahead of their time on a stupid idea? Most of the Democratic Party, from what I have seen.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:05:43 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: doc30
Invest in Norwegian hay futures.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:09:03 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: doc30
Liberals really don’t think things out.
Electric cars require lithium made batteries.
Lithium comes from strip-mining and batteries disposed of are bad for water supplies.
Then to send the electricity through the power lines to power the battery, tons of coal must be burned every year.
This is not taking in account the manufacturing factors, such as the amount of gas used for the lithium mining trucks, the battery manufacturing camps.
I guess it makes everyone feel good though.
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04/27/2009 9:11:09 AM PDT
by
MNDude
To: doc30
Fabulous idea. Let us know how those battery operated electric cars work when it's -55 Deg. F in the winter there.
That should get you at least 5 miles down the road, if you don't drain battery power by running the heater or the windshield defroster.
To: doc30
Norway is prosperous for the first time in modern history for one reason and one reason only: North Sea Oil Reserves! If they really wanted to reduce fossil fuel use, they would suspend exports of oil and ride their smug self-righteousness right back into poverty and obscurity.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:12:42 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)
To: doc30
In 2065, Norway will look like Cuba today with a large number of classic 2015 cars still being driven around (or pulled by oxen).
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:12:58 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(No free man bows to a foreign king.)
To: muawiyah
That’s all sadly true. One of my family members was a GM retiree. Because of the unbelievable benefits it was dubbed Generous Motors. The spouse and I worked as sub-contractors for GM working with plant engineers. That was 20+ years ago. GM was doomed to fail 20+, maybe even 30+, years ago.
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04/27/2009 9:15:16 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(I am the pink flamingo on the great lawn of life.)
To: willgolfforfood
-55 Deg. F Very good point.
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04/27/2009 9:17:21 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
(I am the pink flamingo on the great lawn of life.)
To: doc30
"This is much more realistic than people think when they first hear about this proposal," she told ReutersKinda like your dentist telling you that "this is not going to hurt much" as he straps you down on the table while announcing that the office ran out of painkillers the day before...
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:19:40 AM PDT
by
Zeppo
(Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
To: doc30
Freezing in the dark, and STUCK IN ONE PLACE. Nice. Have all the modern industrialized nations gone totally nuts?
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04/27/2009 9:20:44 AM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: doc30
Norway should go one step further by banning cars that use any materials that are a product of oil or oil produced energy. Go all the way.
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04/27/2009 9:21:37 AM PDT
by
pallis
To: KarlInOhio
Pulled by reindeer ~ it’s cold there so they need an animal that can handle the weather ~ and reindeer do much better than oxen.
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04/27/2009 9:25:02 AM PDT
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muawiyah
To: doc30
Right or wrong, you can always tell a Norwegian - you just can’t tell him much.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:30:56 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(If you want a friend, get a dog.)
To: doc30
Dandy! Yet another item to add to the ever growing list of why Norway isn’t (and never will be) a major player in the World to any degree.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:31:16 AM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts....)
To: doc30
I’m still waiting for a street-legal, wind-up car.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:41:09 AM PDT
by
CHATTAB
To: MNDude
Time for a return to the horse & buggy days it appears.
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posted on
04/27/2009 9:45:20 AM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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