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	<title>micromux &#187; Transportation</title>
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	<description>Commentary on the state of my microcosm.</description>
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		<title>Driving For Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.micromux.com/2007/02/14/driving-for-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It comes as no surprise that yet another automobile manufacturer is facing financial difficulty and must now rely on significant restructuring to stay afloat. These difficulties are endemic to a sales channel that advertises choice only within the confines of a virtualized monopoly.

Our last car shopping expedition had us driving all over town to view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Speed Ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.micromux.com/2006/04/20/full-speed-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micromux.com/2006/04/20/full-speed-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not looking good for Detroit. Both GM and Ford have been going through a rough patch, and they are both announcing significant losses. But there are some key differences in the kinds of financial troubles these two automobile giants have gotten themselves into.

GM reported a 2005 annual loss of around $8.6 billion on total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking It To The Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.micromux.com/2006/02/10/taking-it-to-the-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During the early 1980&#8217;s the economy was suffering from recession, and GM seized this as an opportunity to modernize vehicle assembly plants using robotics and other computer automation. It was also about this time that GM partnered with Toyota to build an economical vehicle, and over the next decade they churned out over a million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Automobiles Attack</title>
		<link>http://www.micromux.com/2005/09/23/when-automobiles-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micromux.com/2005/09/23/when-automobiles-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While we have been enjoying our 2005 Malibu, there are some technical idiosyncrasies that have manifested in the first two months of ownership.
The other night we had stopped and my wife was attempting to exit the vehicle. Fortunately, for her safety the passenger door would not unlock until the car was in park. While this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hybrid Alternatives</title>
		<link>http://www.micromux.com/2005/04/08/hybrid-alternatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micromux.com/2005/04/08/hybrid-alternatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend we stopped to fillup with standard octain at $2.19 per gallon. About 3 hours later we passed the same gas station and the price had gone up to $2.20. To make matters worse, the next morning on my way to work that same gas station had fuel at $2.21, so we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Class First Class Passenger</title>
		<link>http://www.micromux.com/2002/02/25/10127249/</link>
		<comments>http://www.micromux.com/2002/02/25/10127249/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2002 02:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While airports continue to augment security in the wake of September 11th, it has been disconcerting to watch the venerable first class service become so maligned and generally misrepresented. In fact for a brief period it was downright embarrassing to even sit in first class.
Fortunately, things are getting better. On a recent trip they even [...]]]></description>
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