Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread John Beale
it might be added that losing the 10-25 lbs that the essay describes would likely require a combination of eating less and exercising more -- that is, there would be less weight in the car on the way home from the grocery store, less being shipped to restaurants and supermarkets (assuming that 78%

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Dylan
What about motorcycles? Is there any alternative fuel for motorcycles? I know they get great gas mileage (i get 40-60 mpg depending on how i'm riding and if i'm mostly on freeway or city streets), but i would rather be independent from fossil fuels. Unfortunately, due to the nature of my job, i am

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Dylan
It is a good point that losing weight and increasing fuel efficiency go hand in hand. It seems that the heart of the issue is consumption. Kind of obvious but it does make sense. d-- a href=""

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Weaver
I've done extensive tests, involving titration, iteration, recursions, incursions and regression to the mean. I've calculated the modulus and the regulus, not to mention the pendulus and I always come back to the same thing: I don't really know what I'm talking about. Actually, what I

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Weaver
there are diesel motorcycles around... Dylan wrote: What about motorcycles? Is there any alternative fuel for motorcycles? I know they get great gas mileage (i get 40-60 mpg depending on how i'm riding and if i'm mostly on freeway or city streets), but i would rather be independent from

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Weaver
Most engine timing and even transmission timing (shift point) is now handled by computer. Some cars have sport mode and so on. Michael Redler wrote: Hi Jonathan, From what I can tell, there are few logical reasons for a 55mph speed limit. From a mileage point of view, the ratings on

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Weaver
I've been looking at taller tires. The car really needs a six speed, but tires will have to do. As soon as I smoke this clutch I'm bolting in a VR6 clutch and a six speed, but until then, it's tires. I guess I could just email Tirerack and ask them for the diameter? -Mike lres1 wrote: To

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread bob allen
howdy Mike, here is a 110 mpg Prius http://www.autoblog.com/2005/08/09/team-achieves-over-100-mpg-in-toyota-prius/ my prius gets about 53 mpg ave during mild weather and drops to the high 40s in really cold weather- a month or two a year. Driving is a mix of highway and city. Highway speed

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Mike Weaver
There was a story about someone in Boston installing PV panels on his 1st generation Prius and using the juice to charge the battery. Be kind of cool to get a wrecked Prius and fiddle with the drive train. bob allen wrote: howdy Mike, here is a 110 mpg Prius

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread lres1
There are some pretty good electric bikes about, made in Thailand, China, New Zealand and such. There are some fuel injected bikes that can be run on Ethanol. The costs of bikes being what they are, in the cheap small cc line, make them ideal for home "practices". My first attempt was an

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Joe Street
Kawasaki has a 650cc diesel. Here it is. http://www.f1engineering.com/ Joe Dylan wrote: What about motorcycles? Is there any alternative fuel for motorcycles? I know they get great gas mileage (i get 40-60 mpg depending on how i'm riding and if i'm mostly on freeway or city streets),

[Biofuel] More diesel bikes

2006-07-11 Thread Joe Street
Check out these... http://www.m1030.com/models.htm Joe ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [Biofuel] More diesel bikes

2006-07-11 Thread John Beale
Have a look at these: http://urlsnip.com/238427 http://www.dieselmotorcycle.co.uk/ http://urlsnip.com/829953 -John On Jul 11, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Joe Street wrote: Check out these... http://www.m1030.com/models.htm Joe ___ Biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread lres1
The Enfield Diesel made in India is not a bad looking machine, don't know how they handle but they seem quite okay. The petrol versions are used with all sorts of configurations. A few years back Enfield had to meet their domestic market before exports so they were pretty hard to come by in any

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Zeke Yewdall
And by peaks, I mean it is at a minimum On 7/11/06, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you look at the grams per horsepower hour consumption for the VW 1.9TDI you'll find that it peaks at 1900rpm under high manifold pressure. On 7/11/06, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've done

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Zeke Yewdall
If you look at the grams per horsepower hour consumption for the VW 1.9TDI you'll find that it peaks at 1900rpm under high manifold pressure.On 7/11/06, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I've done extensive tests, involving titration, iteration, recursions, incursions and regression to the

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-11 Thread Dylan
I didn't know diesel bikes existed. brilliant! dOn 7/11/06, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And by peaks, I mean it is at a minimum On 7/11/06, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you look at the grams per horsepower hour consumption for the VW 1.9TDI you'll find that it peaks at