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PragMantisT (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 01:30 PM Original message |
Alcohol Fuel? |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Biodiesel from algae is a much better solution |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. It takes a gallon of oil to make a gallon of alcohol |
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samhonk (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Well, sort of... |
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PragMantisT (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Thanks for the links, samhonk. It's a big issue to me. n/t |
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samhonk (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No prob |
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PragMantisT (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-04 01:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yeah, I see that stuff occasionally |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Take a look at the biodiesel from algae thread |
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gttim (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. I like it |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There isn't enough arable land to grow both food and fuel |
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samhonk (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Yes they will |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 03:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Except that biodiesel from algae CAN singlehandly solve the energy crisis |
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samhonk (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. OK, |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's still combustion |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. There's 50 years of battery research before electric trucks can be used |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Fuel cells |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Your solution is to tell people to stop using trucks? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. No, its ok. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Actually, what is critical is where the carbon came from |
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JM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Two words |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. They Sell Stuff Here in S. Colorado Called "E-85" |
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PragMantisT (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I've heard of E-85 |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Read Dr. Bartlett's "Arithmetic, Population, and Energy" |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. problem with alcohol as a fuel |
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samhonk (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. kick |
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Servo300 (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. We used to have gasoline |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. One problem that has been mentioned with biofuel algae |
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Hammie (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why don't you post the relative costs? |
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