Without rubber burnouts would never be the same :) And those 19x9.5 rear wheels work great for traction control when launching at 3500rpm :) Cheers Kon > and, to take the "social control of mobility" a few steps further, mag-lev, would take millions of people to where only thousands want to travel, and avoid all the friction/wastage issues with "flanged wheels." > > I first heard this argument 24 years ago. Mag lev -- at least for urban/interurban transport which is what most transport is -- is still too expensive to even contemplate. And, all the long distance systems are subsidized by states. > > John Willkie > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: flyback1 <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Oct 26, 2006 5:16 PM > >To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [opendtv] Re: EPA tightens up power specs for PCs > > > >Or, all you electric, hybrid and other alternative power car fanatics > >could reduce the coefficient of friction to 1% of what rubber has for > >the road by taking the train. > >Steel against steel is far more efficient than rubber against asphalt. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.