This? What's to like? https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=AZTEDK+CAR+PHOTOS&ei=UTF-8&fr=moz35
On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:15 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I actually like the Aztek. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 16, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Archer75--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I like ugly cars. No one envies them, no one wants them, thieves ignore > them, and some of them get very good fuel mileage. Also, building a > "wooden car", such as this one, would be interesting, and it would be a > strong contender in an ugly car contest: > >> > http://krisdedecker.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099229e888330120a7d30e2d970b-700wi > > ** > > > > During the 1990s, hydrogen was seen as the alternative fuel of the > future. Then, biofuels and compressed air took over its mantle role, while > today all the attention is focused on electric cars. If this technology > fails, too (and many have serious doubts about it), can we go back to the > wood gas car? > > > > Despite its industrial appearance, a wood gas car scores rather well > from an ecological viewpoint when compared to other alternative fuels. Wood > gasification is slightly more effiicient than wood burning, as only 25 > percent of the energy content of the fuel is lost. The energy consumption > of a woodmobile is around 1.5 times higher than the energy consumption of a > similar car powered by gasoline (including the energy lost during the > pre-heating of the system and the extra weight of the machinery). If the > energy required to mine, transport and refine oil is also taken into > account, however, then wood gas is at least as efficient as gasoline. And, > of course, wood is a renewable. > > > > http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2010/01/wood-gas-cars.html > > > > Gerry > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
