awesome! I used to go to the Tarheel Regatta every summer as a kid... we're talking 1978-1986 range or so... can't remember the years exactly. What class boat? I preferred watching the Jersey Skiffs and the SS's (like bobby commander drove i think)
--- Jim Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On this subject...one of the best sites I've found for biofuels info is > here: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > They have a section on ethanol...as an aside, when I was a kid, my dad > was friends with a guy who ran a alcohol powered speedboat out at the > Tarheel Regatta...he won a lot of races. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Brian Weaver > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:20 AM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] OT: Anyone interested in seeing a vegetable oil > poweredcar after Thursday's meeting? > > > I don't know that "seeing" it would do me much good, but I would be > interested in your general experienes. > > - Cost of conversion > - Time and cost of collection & filtering waste oil > - Milage comparisions (Gas/Diesl vs Veg Oil). > - Maintance issues (pre and post conversion). > > I ask because eventually my 1996 195K Honda Civic is going to give up > the ghost, or some stupid drive is going to finally hit me. Either way > I'm going to have to get another car "eventually." Your converted Jetta > sounds more environmentally friendly since it uses renewable resources > like vegetable oil. > > I wonder if I could convert my Civic to run on Grain Alochol? Nothing > like stopping by the ABC store once a week to fill up ;-) > > -Weave > > Tobias Crawley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at > 11:02:30AM -0500: > > Steve, > > > > I use waste vegetable oil from restaurants, which they give me for > > free. So my cost is my time to collect and fitler the oil. > > > > Tobias > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:00:55 -0500, Steve Litt > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday 10 November 2004 10:51 am, Tobias Crawley wrote: > > > > I know we are all tinkerers at heart, so I thought there might be > > > > some interest in this. > > > > > > > > I recently converted my Volkswagen Jetta TDI to run off of > > > > vegetable oil, and will have it with me Thursday night. I can > > > > demonstrate how the system works and answer any questions if > > > > anyone is interested. > > > > > > Do you have a cheap source for vegetable oil? > > > > > > SteveT > > > > > > Steve Litt > > > Founder and acting president: GoLUG > > > http://www.golug.org > > > -- > > -- > > Tobias O. Crawley / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Arrogance is quoting yourself." - Tobias O. Crawley > > "Ignorance is quoting others." - Aaron T. Dixon > > -- > > -- > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of > the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, > stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in > motion. > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
