“The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Category Archives: Security
Diesel Sportwagon
Here is a high-level overview of the 2009 VW Jetta TDI package, which sports the latest diesel technology:
In sum, it’s a 60mpg diesel vehicle that weighs 3000lb and has 236 ft/lb torque with low emissions. In fact the emissions are so low it won the green car award at the LA show, beating the most popular hybrids. The VW 4motion sport wagon will give the new Subaru diesels a run for the money.
RIP gasoline.
Or, in the words of the reviewer, this car is “Doggone awesome!”
This is what I was talking about when I said the assumptions in a Stanford energy study were askew.
…starts at just $19,075
Hmmm, looks very similar to a Passat TDI I bought in 2004.
Wonder if there will be an upgrade for the 2.0L engine, or at least a remap for the computer. I get 40mpg with a bigger vehicle, which isn’t bad. Ha, imagine the auto industry providing upgrades like replacing a CPU. No update on the Cadillac options I wrote about a while ago.
Diesel wins Dakar Rally
It is no surprise to those familiar with new diesel engines that they are winning major motorsports events around the world. Audi has dominated the Le Mans in a diesel, and now VW has done the same for the Dakar Rally. Incidentally, this is the first Dakar victory for VW:
De Villiers and navigator Dirk von Zitzewitz of Germany in a Race Touareg finished 8 minutes 59 seconds ahead of fellow Volkswagen driver Mark Miller of the United States.
It was the first diesel-powered win in the event which was switched this year to Argentina and Chile after last year’s edition in Africa was called off amid security concerns.
There really is nothing left to criticize of diesel engines compared with gasoline. The diesel technology burns cleaner, with more performance and better efficiency. It is sad that so few people drive or even appreciate diesel in America.
I’m glad
by Marina Tzevetaeva
I am glad that I long not for you.
That the heavy sphere of Earth
does not turn under our feet.
I am glad that it’s ok to be funny
— spoiled — and waste no time with games;
not to be choked by a wave of blushing
when our sleeves touch ever so slightly.I also like that you are undisturbed in my presence
your arms around another woman,
That you don’t ask me to burn in poisoned
flames when I kiss not you;
That, sweetheart, you don’t call my sweet name
any day nor night, at any time,
That in the calm of an Eastern Church
they will never sing for us: hallelujah!I thank you with my heart and hand
for your — unbeknown to you! — love of me,
For my peace at night, for how seldom
we meet at the sunset hour;
For our non-walks under the moon,
For the sun not over our heads,
For your longing — alas! — not for me,
For my longing — alas! — not for you.
Performed in the film “The Irony”:
It may seem like a stretch at first but I really think when you read it carefully this poem exemplifies the difficulty in identity and rights management.
Here’s a nice instrumental version: