yes, I think that biodiesel is a very interesting alternative. And solar. I know that isn't an option everywhere, but I see no reason why New Mexico with its sunny and very windy weather (for example) should not be exporting electricity. I do think that there has been a mentality of "let's worry about that in 20 years" and the 20 years is coming due.
by the way, I looked this thread back up after stumbling across the last half of this show last night. I rather liked the format... my son (15) came out of his room with his eyes all big from what he had been hearing ;) and I had to reassure him that it was sci fi, essentially. Dana On 6/9/05, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can use Vegitable oil in Diesel engines with a small modification, > there are some people not far from where I live that get the old oil > from their local fish and chip shop and use it in their mercedes > (after it's been filtered). Runs very well apparently, but the car > leaves a smell fish & chips wherever it goes :) > > > On 6/8/05, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's my personal belief that gas prices will never go down from curent > > > levels. Demand in developing countries couples with increasingly > > > scarce resources is only going to make it more expensive over the next > > > 10-20 years. Invest in the alternative fuels that fill the gaps and > > > you could make a fortune... > > > > Amen. I wonder why we didn't jump all over Ethanol from corn as an > > alternate fuel source -- and a way to spark some life back into the American > > Farmer. > > > > Any engineers out there have any insight into this? Is there just not > > enough chemical energy yield from combustion, or is it that lack of > > consumption efficiency will cause demand to outpace domestic production, or > > something else? > > > > I know fuel cells show promise, and some of the new hydrogen storage > > substrates are demonstrating immense capacities, but I wonder what all that > > heat and water vapor are going to do to the environment. Anyone have any > > insight on this? > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > Member of Team Macromedia > > http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com > > > > Download Plum and other cool development tools, > > and get advanced intensive Master-level training: > > > > * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers > > * ColdFusion MX Master Class > > * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160457 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
