Cash for clunkers results!
08-26-2009, 08:00 PM
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Cash for clunkers results! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32567404...tos/?GT1=43001
Found this article interesting and thought I'd post it up here.
Found this article interesting and thought I'd post it up here.
unfortunately I think your right 
08-27-2009, 08:24 AM
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so japanese manufacturers had the most sales
some one should crunch the numbers and see how much tax payer money is going to foreign companies. it is SO retarded the US is giving corporate welfare to foreign companies now. and we have how much of a deficit? how big of a debt?? wtf..
some one should crunch the numbers and see how much tax payer money is going to foreign companies. it is SO retarded the US is giving corporate welfare to foreign companies now. and we have how much of a deficit? how big of a debt?? wtf..
08-27-2009, 11:27 AM
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Hey, Maybe the Japanese or the Korean governments will subsidize our vehicles in their homelands. We already import too many Foreign vehicles with our our taxes going to support them too.
With the top 4 best selling vehicles having their final assembly plants in the US it will be somewhat good for American Jobs.
Unfortunately the Prius, Elantra, Fit and Versa have no American content. We are supporting workers in Foreign countries with our tax dollars that are all but closed to our products.
Basically, We are the only nation in the world that preaches globalism while these these Foreign countries continue to take advantage of us. In addition these Foreign vehicles have to be shipped half way around the world on Diesel powered ships further contributing to global warming
The same people that complain about tax payers supporting GM seem to be silent when our own money is supporting Japanese and Korean jobs at a loss to our own.
With the top 4 best selling vehicles having their final assembly plants in the US it will be somewhat good for American Jobs.
Unfortunately the Prius, Elantra, Fit and Versa have no American content. We are supporting workers in Foreign countries with our tax dollars that are all but closed to our products.
Basically, We are the only nation in the world that preaches globalism while these these Foreign countries continue to take advantage of us. In addition these Foreign vehicles have to be shipped half way around the world on Diesel powered ships further contributing to global warming
The same people that complain about tax payers supporting GM seem to be silent when our own money is supporting Japanese and Korean jobs at a loss to our own.
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08-29-2009, 07:44 AM
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so japanese manufacturers had the most sales some one should crunch the numbers and see how much tax payer money is going to foreign companies. it is SO retarded the US is giving corporate welfare to foreign companies now. and we have how much of a deficit? how big of a debt?? wtf..
some one should crunch the numbers and see how much tax payer money is going to foreign companies. it is SO retarded the US is giving corporate welfare to foreign companies now. and we have how much of a deficit? how big of a debt?? wtf..
08-29-2009, 11:04 AM
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christ... its like its so big they don't even care anymore. ehh whats another trillion? HA can you imagine if all americans were as financially irresponsible as our gov't??
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Please do...
(As long as you don't include ships that are not part of the commercial trade such as Military ships, FF's, fishingboats, and such. I'm talking fuel used for propulsion of commercial vessels, they don't run on diesel unless they are inside of the 25nm pollution zone off the State of California.)
(As long as you don't include ships that are not part of the commercial trade such as Military ships, FF's, fishingboats, and such. I'm talking fuel used for propulsion of commercial vessels, they don't run on diesel unless they are inside of the 25nm pollution zone off the State of California.)
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(As long as you don't include ships that are not part of the commercial trade such as Military ships, FF's, fishingboats, and such. I'm talking fuel used for propulsion of commercial vessels, they don't run on diesel unless they are inside of the 25nm pollution zone off the State of California.)
(As long as you don't include ships that are not part of the commercial trade such as Military ships, FF's, fishingboats, and such. I'm talking fuel used for propulsion of commercial vessels, they don't run on diesel unless they are inside of the 25nm pollution zone off the State of California.)
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Slow speed diesel engine's the world over are built and designed to work on HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil) or Bunker C. They consume about 44-50 barrels of fuel a day on a typical post-panamax Container ship. They can also run on Diesel when in areas of heightened enviromental concerns like the Great lakes and off the Ca coast.
Here's a post I made about 2 years ago regarding a ship I worked on, I too work on these engines and a Marine engineer as well as a Navigation officer. Diesel is too expensive to run on these ships on a Daily basis, last summer during the escalated high oil prices it would cost a ship 1.4 million for a fill up, and that was on the cheaper Bunker C.
http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...d.php?t=402343
08-29-2009, 08:46 PM
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that bitch is big but not as big as the 1500ft long oil jug that is floating out there.
spoolin..you could be very right about that. far as i know is these pigs run diesel but fuel oil is probably what they run. but i have seen the huge rooms that house the diesels. big big motors. these ships range from 600-1013ft on the great lakes. a few recently have been converted from steam to diesel and one is sitting and awaiting a conversion to a self unloader. cool stuff you learn about these boats. the ship that was with the edmund fitzgerald is sitting at bayship building co. in sturgeon bay wi. i usually work there during the winter.
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spoolin..you could be very right about that. far as i know is these pigs run diesel but fuel oil is probably what they run. but i have seen the huge rooms that house the diesels. big big motors. these ships range from 600-1013ft on the great lakes. a few recently have been converted from steam to diesel and one is sitting and awaiting a conversion to a self unloader. cool stuff you learn about these boats. the ship that was with the edmund fitzgerald is sitting at bayship building co. in sturgeon bay wi. i usually work there during the winter.
This was my last ship...
Overall length was 1053ft or so. Engine was rated at 66,000HP and 1,000,000 TQ
