Saturday, September 22, 2007

I have been a truck driver for 35 years

One rubs shoulders with all kinds on Skypeland. One truckdriver complained bitterly about how awful everything was and how he wanted cheaper gasoline and diesel fuel and oil and wanted to drill more often and build more refineries. He wanted to tell us about all kinds of secret inventions that give 50+ miles to the gallon from minor modifications to a gasoline engine. Someone tried to give him information from a PhD about diesel engines, and he claimed that he had 35 years of experience from driving big rigs, and therefore he knew more about energy usage and new energy technologies than any PhD. Oh brother....

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