Baby Zofia's Blog

Sunday, October 9, 2011

My baptism

Here are a couple of pictures from my baptism...

Godparents Aimee and Mike and Jr Godparent Alivia...

Honorable secondary godparents Anne and EJ...

And of course grandma and grandpa were on hand...

Monday, September 26, 2011

Am I part of a new generation?

Gasoline? Gasoline stations? What are they? It is quite possible I may be part of the new generation that will never have the need to know. Back in March we welcomed the new 2011 Chevorlet Volt into our house. It is an EERV or extended range electric vehicle, so we get 40 miles on a charge and then the gas engine kicke as a backup to generate energy for an additional 300 mile range. I'm guessing that by the time I'm driving the technology will be improved such that we won't be importing and burning any of that gasoline stuff at all. Here I am getting a feel for the plug port...

One more (official) picture...

Or you can find our more at http://www.chevrolet.com/volt/

Also, I should point out that it is almost October and we're still using the same take of gas we drove out of the dealer with. By the end of the week, we'll have 7,000 miles on the odometer and only used 6.7 gallons of gasoline or just above 1,000 mpg. Ok, if you count the electricity that is about 100mpge (equivalant cost) but, hey, I like to think that the electricity is comming from a wind turbine and virtually carbon free!

To put things in perspective, my dad's first car was a 1972 Chrysler New Yorker. I couldn't find a good image of the car with a person near it add scale but in my dad's exaggerated memory the hood was nearly as long as the whole Volt. Here it is...

Oh, and it was the same brown color! According to internet sources the fuel economy of the New Yorker was 8.5mpg but my dad tells me his had a carburation problem and he measured about 4mpg in practice (the car did run at 40mph at idle... yes, you practically didn't even have to depress the gas pedal to cruise at that speed).

Oh, and just for posterity, the New Yorker didn't last long the vehicle of choice for college commuting was the 1980's era Chevrolet Citation...