[Magdalen] gas prices?

[Jay Weigel]

Is he now? Well then, I shall do as the Duchess did, and beat
him....figuratively, of course!

Jay. g/d/r

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> It's really easy to be righteous when you don't have to face a Canadian
> winter (or a South Carolina summer). Ditto the unfeasibility of public
> transit outside major cities in a country with large spaces.
>
> But Jay and Marion -- Jim is the little boy who sneezes.
>
> Molly
> Who lives in an inefficient brick Victorian house with heroic drafts
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
> > On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > So how exactly am I supposed to keep warm up here in the frozen north/?
> /I heat mostly with wood in an airtight stove - 3 full cords.  The
> baseboards are expensive to run and even my split-heat/air, air I don't
> use, heat pump system installed last year needs power to work and can't
> cope with the sort of winter we had last year..
> >
> > What is your secret?
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >> On 10/23/2014 2:21 PM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> >> From: Charles Wohlers
> >>
> >>> Yes, and I'm sure that when you moved to Scranton you installed a
> woodstove
> >>
> >> In case you didn’t know, Woodstoves are pretty efficient at pumping
> carbon into the atmosphere. Renewables per se do not address Global Warming.
> >>
> >> But it should be noted that unlike those who talk the talk but don’t
> walk the walk, it appears that the younger generation is paying attention:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/upshot/where-the-graduates-are-going-and-where-they-already-are.html
> >>
> >> Note that only one of the top cities attracting college graduates does
> not have rail transit -- Indianapolis. Places that have been traditionally
> hostile to transit are chasing away the graduates/millenials, like Detroit.
> >>
> >> And while we're at it, it should be noted that millenials are a big
> concern to the autmakers, as they tend to not care about getting their
> drivers license, let alone a car:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/report-finds-americans-are-driving-less-led-by-youth.html
> >>
> >> . . . even the automakers are concerned:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/business/media/to-draw-reluctant-young-buyers-gm-turns-to-mtv.html
> >>
> >> So at least the youngsters are concerned,even as the boomers continue
> in denial.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jim Guthrie
> >> .
> >
>