AutoblogGreen for 09.20.07
210 km/h in a biodiesel motorcycle? For real. Iraq war due to our oil need? Greenspan says yes. And just how difficult is it to get an electric car in New Zealand? Pretty tough.
- 210 km/h: BMW biodiesel-fuelled motorbike sets new land speed record
- EnerDel plans to sell affordable, lithium-ion battery in 2 years
- Greenspan says (basically) that with higher MPG cars, Iraq war could have been avoided
- Got a guess for the 2008 Green Car of the Year yet?
- Electric car banned in New Zealand because of ... the steering wheel
- Anybody up for some Segway polo?
- Piaggio will bring Gilera Fuoco 500 to America as the MP3-500 and MP3-400
- Treadsetters: Yokohama tires launches green advice social network
- GM's Larry Burns gets ASM International research award
- Zap! teams with Chilectra for electric vehicle deal
- Used car buyers in England getting more aware of CO2 emissions
- Some potential rotary news for you rotorheads
- Michigan house members unanimous against HHS newsletter
- Teutel family's special E85 chopper raffled away for $113,357
- Meet the iSlide, a Segway-like skateboard concept
- Chevrolet to sponsor 5th annual Boston AltWheels festival
- Traffic, what a horrible time and gas waster!
- Getrag developing hybridized dual clutch transmission
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NewType 3:36AM (9/20/2007)
"Greenspan says (basically) that with higher MPG cars, Iraq war could have been avoided"
Ummm....no.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR2007091601287.html?hpid=topnews
"I'm saying taking Saddam out was essential," he said. But he added that he was not implying that the war was an oil grab.
"No, no, no," he said. Getting rid of Hussein achieved the purpose of "making certain that the existing system [of oil markets] continues to work, frankly, until we find other [energy supplies], which ultimately we will."
If only people weren't so obsessed with the "blood for oil" boogeyman, they'd actually listen to what Greenspan really said instead of making things up out of whole cloth.
How about this gem:
"As for Iraq, Greenspan said that at the time of the invasion, he believed, like Bush, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction 'because Saddam was acting so guiltily trying to protect something.' While he was 'reasonably sure he did not have an atomic weapon," he added, "my view was that if we do nothing, eventually he would gain control of a weapon.'
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Chris 10:23PM (9/20/2007)
""Greenspan says (basically) that with higher MPG cars, Iraq war could have been avoided"
Ummm....no."
Your interpretation is whacked.
That's not what he said...or implied.
The whole planet benefits from the Middle East oil reserves. We get only about 11% of our oil from there so your paraphrased interpretation is in the left field bleachers...but I think your heart was in the right place.
....And how that last part is a "gem" is beyond me.
Had Saddam Insane he been allowed to continue...he would be on a track like IRAN is now. Passivism and isolationism allowed Hitler to rise to power. Those who fail to heed history are doomed to repeat it.
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