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Title: Gas guzzlers
Post by: STMO123 on 20 December 2007, 10:27:32
Why does everyone in government in any country anywhere in the world drive/get driven round in the biggest gas guzzlers they can find? Surely an example should be set.
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: Jimbob on 20 December 2007, 10:33:01
It is...we all follow  ;D

Not long ago Gord was being chauffered round in a nice shiny meega  ;)
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: Paulus on 20 December 2007, 10:33:37
Get them all in to a Prius...that'll teach them a lesson  :y
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 20 December 2007, 13:55:05
yep..really interesting ..

ours have a precious arse..  ;D

using 5 or 6 Liter M.benz


Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 20 December 2007, 13:55:39
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Get them all in to a Prius...that'll teach them a lesson  :y

better bicycle  ;D
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: Jim on 20 December 2007, 14:25:31
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Get them all in to a Prius...that'll teach them a lesson  :y
Most of the Govermnet Office's in London do use the Toyota Prius, but the electric motor only kicks in if your doing less then 30mph and have enough charge in the system also I recently read a report saying that the Toyota Prius is not that green as they are all build in Japan and it would take 3 years just running on the batteries alone to offset the carbon just to ship it to the UK
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: Ken T on 20 December 2007, 15:24:05
The batteries are supposed to last for 7 years, whihc is pretty good for Nimh cells, however there will be a huge toxic waste problem getting rid of the old ones. Oh, and you have to charge the battery every 2 weeks if its not being used or else it dies. Plus they are made by Panasonic, didn't they make the cells used in Dell laptops that tended to got a bit hot?

Ken
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: miggy on 20 December 2007, 17:11:38
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Why does everyone in government in any country anywhere in the world drive/get driven round in the biggest gas guzzlers they can find? Surely an example should be set.

The top people us them as to allow a fast get away if trouble should strike, also the amount of plating that goes into the body requires a bit of power to allow the get away.
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: Crazydad on 20 December 2007, 17:13:46
Its just a situation of : [size=18]"Do as i say and not as i do"[/size]
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: miggy on 20 December 2007, 17:15:41
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Its just a situation of : [size=18]"Do as i say and not as i do"[/size]

I do as they do, I pay for my carbon footprint, stuff them.

 :y
Title: Re: Gas guzzlers
Post by: Crazydad on 20 December 2007, 17:48:01
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Its just a situation of : [size=18]"Do as i say and not as i do"[/size]

I do as they do, I pay for my carbon footprint, stuff them.

 :y
Agreed me too so many countries are not Interested in anything Green, why do we have to pay through the nose???