>>>>>>Yeah, there is just one problem, the energy efficiency of corn ethanol is negative.
>>>>>>Also, while sugar ethanol could be produced more efficiently outside USA, there are lots of countries which are not terrorist homes or extremists tiranies that can produce sugar ethanol.
>>>>>>If the goal is to achieve independence of foreign supplies, you better start building more nuclear plants or drill Alaska more intensively.
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>>>>>There's a simpler way: ban SUVs and home trucks, or at least revoke the tax incentives for them and tax them like large cars, which they basically are. Want to have a truck? Prove that you are doing business with it that can't be served by a car, or pay lots of taxes. Want to have a home tank? Prove that you're an army.
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>>>>Great... let's regulate something else in this country.
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>>>>The Chatter forum is starting to turn me into a Republican very quickly.
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>>>Even among those of us who trend more to the left than the right, I don't think you're going to find much support for banning SUVs and passenger trucks. Don't get your knickers in a twist ;-)
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>>>How is your dog doing? Crash is showing some signs of coming around. For instance, he now goes by the back door when he wants to be let out. This is a big improvement over "Right here will be just fine."
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>>She's doing good. I would say about 95% potty trained. About once every 15 days she will have an accident, and it's usually a result of us trying to give her a little more freedom.
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>>We have worked with her a lot, but have also been very very lucky. She is a pretty well behaved dog naturally. She has also only gotten me up in the middle of the night once or twice since we have gotten her, which is pretty remarkable.
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>Excellent, excellent. I think you and your wife are ready for a baby now ;-)

Funny. There must be some sort of roadmap for life or something that everybody has seen but me, because you are about the 30th person to say this.