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[David Glober <david.glober@yahoo.com>]

"how does 376.59 miles per gallon  sound? Makes your Honda Civic hybrid look 
Hummeresque, doesn't it?

 "That number doesn't come from some manta ray-shaped, wind tunnel-vetted 
carbon fiber space car. No, it's from a chop-top, steel-frame 1959 Opel T-1 
(think melting jelly bean, but uglier). And the record was set in 1973 in a 
contest sponsored by Shell Oil Co."


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/351903_needle20.html



David Glober ~ San Francisco
Recent Permaculture Design Cert Grad
david.glober@yahoo.com

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It sounds like that sort of contest has gone on since the 70's and
some vehicles have managed to get better than 1000mpg:

http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums/448_0/alternative-energy/376-mpg



On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:24 PM, David Glober <david.glober@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "how does 376.59 miles per gallon  sound? Makes your Honda Civic hybrid 
> look Hummeresque, doesn't it?
>
>   "That number doesn't come from some manta ray-shaped, wind tunnel-vetted 
> carbon fiber space car. No, it's from a chop-top, steel-frame 1959 Opel T-1 
> (think melting jelly bean, but uglier). And the record was set in 1973 in a 
> contest sponsored by Shell Oil Co."
>
>
>  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/351903_needle20.html
>
>
>
>  David Glober ~ San Francisco
>  Recent Permaculture Design Cert Grad
>  david.glober@yahoo.com
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