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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160048 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
