What about alternative fuels?

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Craig H.

#31
Kwilson said:
I did a bit of research on the idea of running a diesel on waste cooking oil, and found a company that produces conversion kits check out www.greasecar.com I think my next truck may be fueled this way.

When I was going to the University of Georgia, their buses were running on peanut oil. They seemed to run fine, and sure smelled better than a stinky diesel. Think Mr. Peanut factory. Mmmmm.

And, yes, this was only a couple of years after that guy from Plains was President....
 
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jmp4429

#34
nomisd said:
Sadly in the UK "they" will find a way of getting their duty if you try and get round it....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,878122,00.html
I love some of the quotes in this article:

"We just thought they were doing a lot of frying," he says. "You have to remember, healthy eating has not hit Swansea in a big way."
What's more, instead of diesel fumes, the engine gave off a rather pleasing odour - like frying time at the local chippy.
 
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fletch

#35
all of these ideas...don't you think the gov't has already come up with all this stuff and pays people to not make them?

I saw a guy on TV that modified his truck to burn wood chips....and another burning corn kernals?

its all relative....

what comes around goes around....

alot of bad timing...

maintenance on the oil platforms that had to be shut down...and then the hurricane...
not to mention all the fat cars out there hogging down gas!

whatever happened to the V6 rockets? remember the auto make overs of the 70's? look what happened to the mustang! what a toilet that turned into...and just recently started to rise again....heck they even brought back the GTO and the charger!! its the rise of the fast v8's all over again....400 hp...I'd love to have one but you just can't drive like that any more!

back to the 70's/80's I go....great music...and cheap gas...and no one on the highway!!! :magic:
 

CarolX

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#37
Randy said:
For the sake of argument (understand that I believe that alternatives to petroleum based fuels need to be developed) I'll be the Ferengi and ask...Where's the profit?
Randy,

You have hit the proverbial nail on the head. Until there is profit, there won't be change.

But, let's not forget who has the real power here. It is not the government or big oil companies or the auto manufactures....it is the middle class consumer. We are the ones that spend the money to allow for those profits. Only by purchasing the FFV vehicles will the corporations see profit.
 

Wes Bucey

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#38
JSW05 said:
Believe me, no one thought gas was cheap when it hit 60 cents per gallon in 1973.
I remember filling up the tank on my motorbike in the late 50's for 25 cents - same price as a pack of cigarettes.

In the 60's, my little brother filled the tank on his moped for 30 cents and cigarettes still were priced about the same as gasoline.

This morning I looked at the price for both - and cigarettes only cost 50 cents more than the gasoline!
 

Jim Wynne

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#39
Wes Bucey said:
I remember filling up the tank on my motorbike in the late 50's for 25 cents - same price as a pack of cigarettes.

In the 60's, my little brother filled the tank on his moped for 30 cents and cigarettes still were priced about the same as gasoline.

This morning I looked at the price for both - and cigarettes only cost 50 cents more than the gasoline!
I just did a little lookin' and cipherin' and found that according to US Census Bureau figures, the price of a gallon of gas in 1973 (using $.60) was almost exactly the same fraction of the median monthly income (then) as $3.00 per gallon gasoline would have been as compared to 2003 income (the latest data available.
 
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fletch

#40
last night on the news it was said the gasoline companies are going to post there biggest profit year EVER....

$80 BILLION DOLLARS...

I'm sick now.....
 
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