Wait, so the Poms have diesel cabs/taxis, and we have LPG taxis, i assume you yanks have gone one better?

[dug777]

Que?

I think we're going down the right track with LPG, i mean we've only got some crazy amount of it here

 

[j00fek]

here in maine the big city's are starting to use natural gas powered buses.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: j00fek
here in maine the big city's are starting to use natural gas powered buses.

All our new stuff is either LPG or hydrogen

 

[tbike06]

Our college just got new natural gas buses, which is good, because the air quality here in the winter sucks.

 

[b0mbrman]

Ah, I see you're back...looks like I can change my sig then

 

[nissan720]

Nice to see you back DUG

But around here (Oklahoma) we mostly use diesel and gasoline. I know that we are slowly starting to move toward LNG in some of the busses, trucks, and city vehicles. Using natural gas is more popular around here because it is cheaper than propane (which is a refined product).

 

[dug777]

surely the country that spawned Al Gore is leading the way to a cleaner environment?

 

[FoBoT]

we use "gasoline"

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: dug777
surely the country that spawned Al Gore is leading the way to a cleaner environment?

Hell no. We don't care about the environment, we only take interest in alternative fuels because oil is getting more expensive as we use it all up.

 

[drinkmorejava]

Who the heck are the poms?

 

[FoBoT]

i think that is British peoples, "Poms"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poms

Pommy

The term Pommy for a British person is commonly used in Australian English, New Zealand English and South African English and Afrikaans Speakers, and is often shortened to Pom. The origin of this term is not confirmed and there are several persistent false etymologies.

One theory is that, as the majority of early immigrants to Australia were British, it is rhyming slang for "immigrant" from a contraction of the word "pomegranate", or possibly more directly related to the appearance of the fruit, as it bears a more than passing resemblance to the typical pale complexioned Briton's skin after his or her first few days living under the hot Australian sun.

Another theory is that POM is a shortened acronym of Prisoner of His/Her Majesty (POHM). As many of Australia's first settlers were convicts, sentenced to transportation, this theory holds that upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with POHM emblazoned on the back, and that convicts with an extended stay on Australian soil would no longer have to wear the shirt and would often refer to newer entrants into the country as "Pohmmys". Other suggestions hold that POM is a different acronym, such as "Prisoner of Mother England" or "Port of Melbourne". These etymologies are believed to be false, as the term "pommy" was coined long before acronyms were used in common parlance. Moreover, there is no record of prisoners in Australia ever wearing such uniforms.

The use of the word 'Pom' is contentious. Some British people living in Australasia find the term offensive and demeaning, others find it harmless and amusing. Attitudes to the use of the word have varied over the years, from the 1960s when slogans such as 'bash a pom a day' were heard on New Zealand radio, to today, when the word has become so entrenched that few Australians and New Zealanders see any reason to avoid using the word, some even justifying the use of the word as being 'endearing'. On September 27, 2006, the Australian cricketing authority Cricket Australia ruled that it was OK for cricket fans to refer to the English as 'Poms' after a wide-ranging review on potentially racist terms.

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: dug777
surely the country that spawned Al Gore is leading the way to a cleaner environment?

Are you kidding? USA will continue to kill our planet while the rest of us pay for it.

 

[paulney]

Poms, LPG...

Speak English, people! You, elephants, too.

 

[deadlyapp]

back at home all the busses were natural gas, and taxi's maybe too, but i think the majority of them are just crown vics painted yellow.

 

[DrPizza]

But, hydrogen isn't a source of energy, so all you do is move the source of pollution.

 

[zoiks]

In San Francisco, they've had electric buses for a long time. They are planning to convert Caltrain into electric pretty soon as well. Lots of cabs run on LNG. Stanford shuttles are normally clean air buses as well.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: zoiks
In San Francisco, they've had electric buses for a long time. They are planning to convert Caltrain into electric pretty soon as well. Lots of cabs run on LNG. Stanford shuttles are normally clean air buses as well.

That 'pretty soon' is far-fetched at best. I don't think they have secured any funding for it, and the best we can hope they convert SF - SJ track to electric is by 2010 if not later.

I want some of what they are smoking: they want an underground 'Transit Central' with trains, lightrail and buses converging there. Good luck. They can't even finish Bart into South Bay project, let alone this.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: drinkmorejava
Who the heck are the poms?

It's just a nickname.

Americans - Yanks
Brits - Poms
Canadians - Canucks
Australians - Wanks

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: drinkmorejava
Who the heck are the poms?

It's just a nickname.

Americans - Yanks
Brits - Poms
Canadians - Canucks
Australians - Yowies

Fixed