Hope I don't' get in trouble for NVC, 
But increasingly the globalization of humans and our affect all on each
other can not be denied.  Americans are kicking and screaming their way to s
l o w l y figuring that out. 

'oil' is a global commodity.  It's being gulped by the zillions of gallons
per minute world wide.  
There are barely plans in affect to change much,
And there are millions of first-time new car owners in the world every day.

If we changed out lifestyle enough ............sure......less commuting ,
more mass transit, smaller cars...........sure , 'maybe' we could get by on
the oil in Alaska and the continental US .........but something tells me
that's just not likely at all.  Just our military and war efforts  uses more
oil than that.  
 ( which might be an exaggeration, but not all that untrue either ) . 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 4:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 150 mpg or better?

No matter what it cost on the day the 150 mpg car came out, it would
eventually depend on how much oil was left in the ground... and that's the
problem. I think with mileage like that we might be energy self-sufficient
on our oil, or somewhere close, but that's just a guess.
Jim

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Ken & Sue <kensue356@wowway.com> wrote:

> Well if we could get  150 mpg or better...how much would a gallon of gas
> cost?
>