[Sosfbay-discuss] A much more fuel efficient car ....

[Tian Harter]

It seems cosmicly significant that Bliss was done in by #43.
Almost as if Democracy has a funny way of sending messages....


Gerry Gras wrote:

> In 1899, the first automobile fatality in the U.S involved an
>
>electic cab.
>     http://www.citystreets.org/plaque.html
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bliss_%28road_accident_victim%29
>
>(The text says the first pedestrian, the plaque
>says first recorded motor vehicle fatality,
>I believe both statements are true.)
>
>NOTE: I do NOT mean to imply that electric cars are more
>dangerous.  I believe that this fact just implies that there
>were more electric vehicles than other large vehicles at
>that time.
>
>NOTE: the total number of car deaths in the U.S. is either
>2.1 or 3.1 million, while the total number of Americans
>killed in war (from the Revolution to the Iraq War) is
>around 1.1 million.
>
>
>Gerry
>  
>


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