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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Who's making loads of money with the status quo?
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I suppose that I am not going to answer your question, as I wont argue it. What I will argue is that if I owned a business and traded my own stocks on the knowledge of what would happen in the future of the business, it would be insider trading. If I buy into businesses and then affect change in legislation, its okay.
On another note, I was having a needs vs wants discussion with my students on future car ownership. If the average person were to drive 15k miles per year, at a cost of $3/gallon, the difference in cost of ownership just on fuel between 15 and 20 mpg would be $750. 30mpg, $1500. The crazy thing is that you would use 1000, 750, and 500 gallons, respectively. If VW were to get there 1L concept to market, even at a conservative 150mpg, 100 gallons of fuel would net you a savings of $2700. To say the least, I think they get what I am saying, now if they can just apply that thinking to change car culture a few people at a time.