Well, just hang to your vanagons a bit longer.  Speculative fuel prices in
Toronto hit a high of around $2.00 a litre yesterday (that's $6.48 US per
US gallon)

You won't be getting passed much anymore, because everyone will be driving
3 cylinder diesel Smart Cars.  Your van may soon be the Porche of mini-
vans, providing you can afford to drive it.

Now I just read an article reporting that bicycle chain driveline loss is
less than 1% ...