Industrial hemp, digested to methane and powering fuel cells. Dave Gibney Pullman, WA
And it wasn't the Governor :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:57 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: Re: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices > > I am all about Ethanol. Unfortunately in the US the corn farmers are > pushing for it. Making Ethanol from Corn is the most inefficient way of > doing it, and supposedly yeilds less energy than what was spent in > producing it. > > Making Ethanol from sugar cane, as Brazil has done, makes MORE energy than > what was spent in producing it, and has limited Brazil's dependance on > foreign oil. > > > >From: "jeff.lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Wed Aug 17 15:43:42 CDT 2005 > >To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > >Subject: Re: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices > > >Hell, we can grow ethanol. Read the stars, guys, we are getting screwed! > The > >oil companies have been crying for years that oil prices are way behind > >inflation. I say, so what! I thought the idea was to keep inflation down > in > >the first place. The Government needs to include fuel and food in the > >inflation indicators. Of course, if they do prime interest rates would be > at > >50% or more by now! > > > >We have plenty of alternatives to gas and battery....so why not use them? > We > >all know why. I think if this keeps up, and I see no reason for it not > >too(with the oil companies' and Arab greed....can you say jihad in > >disguise), we will see a flood of small companies offering conversions to > >anything from chicken manure to corn flakes. > > > >BTW. Our new piece of crap Governor just signed a 9.5 cent increase in > our > >state gas taxes......highest in the US......again! OH......$6.00 per > carton > >increase for cigarettes, $6.00 per gallon booze, reinitiated the only > estate > >taxes, and a whole lot more. We really need that right now! > > > >Sorry....had a senior moment and had to get that out. My fixed income > will > >go up about $2.50 a month. Chris, you're right....I will not do math in > >class............................ > > > >Jeff > > > >From: "Ben Ruset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Subject: Re: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices > > > > > >>A few years ago BMW showed off a 5 series that ran off water. It cracked > >>the water into hydrogen within the car itself. > >> > >> Of course that tech won't ever see the light of day. :( > >> > >>>From: 007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>Date: Wed Aug 17 13:26:05 CDT 2005 > >>>To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > >>>Subject: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices > >> > >>>The most fuel efficient cars use heavy water. > >>> > >>>007. > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher > Fisk > >>>Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:16 PM > >>>To: The Hardware List > >>>Subject: Re: Re: [H] Gas prices > >>> > >>> > >>>On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Ben Ruset wrote: > >>> > >>>> It's funny, though, that the gas companies are posting record > profits. > >>>> So I really wonder how much of this is an increase in oil price, and > how > >>>> much is just an excuse to charge more for gasoline. > >>> > >>>I look at it this way, assuming that a gas company wants to make 5% > profit > >>>on every gallon of gas, it's in thier interest to have thier costs go > up > >>>5% because then thier profit goes up too. > >>> > >>>Instead of making 5cents on gas that costs them $1.00 to make they make > 6 > >>>cents profit on gas that cost them $1.05 to make (Or similar, you get > my > >>>point =) > >>> > >>> > >>>Also, the gas we have now was made with oil that cost $50/barrel > instead > >>>of oil that cost $65/barrel, yet we're being charged the $65/barrel > price! > >>> > >>> > >>>Christopher Fisk > >>>-- > >>>I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS > >>>I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS > >>> Lisa Simpson on chalkboard in episode BABF07
