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PF...
On our various road trips we see a few of those wind farms, particularly lining the skyline in the Tri-Cities area.  Only now, we find people whining about birds being killed by the wind generators, will it never end?

posted by food4thought on June 25, 2006 at 11:09 PM | link to this | reply

Wylie...
True, ethanol produces acids that need to be neutralized with specail additives in the oil.  The present gasahol (up to 10% ethanol) isn't a problem, but E85 is.  It's not something that can't be dealt with however.

posted by food4thought on June 25, 2006 at 11:07 PM | link to this | reply

Justright...
The water thing would be intriguing, I can't imagine why the oil company's don't find it attractive.

posted by food4thought on June 25, 2006 at 11:05 PM | link to this | reply

B C...
It's a good thought, but, horses emit methane, a greenhouse gas, and then there are the "road apples".

posted by food4thought on June 25, 2006 at 11:03 PM | link to this | reply

They can argue all they like but at least we're trying to find
Alternate fuel sources now. They're building wind farms out in Oregon and Washington State.

posted by Passionflower on June 25, 2006 at 10:16 PM | link to this | reply

foof4thought
Better than ethanol would be a system to cut down use of automobile, truck, Ry,s. Like, maybe Monday could be a truck day only or something. Besides, the writing here is that ethanol isn't kind to engines over time.

posted by WileyJohn on June 25, 2006 at 7:55 PM | link to this | reply

sorry typo on the last comment,
he has discovered a way in which  engines function using water to fuel them.

posted by justright on June 25, 2006 at 6:47 PM | link to this | reply

hybrid cars are fast becomming very popular in NZ,

with a waiting time of up to 3 months to get a new one. 

We had an interesting documentary on tv a few months ago, a NZ man, claims to have found a way to make engines on water!!!

He  showed us the vehicles running on the documentary, he has a patent looming on his production, but says no petroleum companies will take him seriously,

it certainly appeared as if it was working, just imagine if indeed it is true ???????

posted by justright on June 25, 2006 at 6:46 PM | link to this | reply

maybe we should just go back to horse and buggy.

posted by -blackcat on June 25, 2006 at 6:30 PM | link to this | reply