> True. > > OTOH, if the job must be done, then you have to choose the best tool > available from the limited selection that is available.
Agreed. And that was my point. Pick the (most) right tool for the job. > > That is why you bother to learn what the best alternative is. > > If one size of engine is inefficient, replacing it with a more efficient > engine is more cost effective than replacing the entire vehicle. This is not what I understood as your intent from your original post, which seemed to me could be seeking a justification for using overpowered vehicles, and too generic to provide a substantive response that could reliably guide decisions on engine selection. ==================== > True or False > > Underpowered vehicles can be just as inefficient as overpowered > vehicles. > > Why or why not? ============================ > > Greg H. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darryl McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:40 > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Debatable statement? > > > > > > Why bother? > > > > The wrong tool for the job is the wrong tool for the job. If you want to > split a > > diamond, neither a sledge hammer nor a feather duster will work. > > > > Instead of fostering a debate about which of two wrong answers is less > wrong, let's > > put our energies into finding correct answers, and implementing them. > > > > If all goes according to plan today, the pickup truck I acquired at the > end of June > > will get its first tankful of B20. It's been a long road, but even slow > progress > > is still progress. > > > > Darryl McMahon > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > rom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 15 16:32:57 2005 > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from server6.emwd.com (server6.emwd.com [70.85.95.186]) > by mailbox1.igs.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8FKWtu7063109 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:32:57 -0400 (EDT) > (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=server6.emwd.com) > by server6.emwd.com with esmtp (Exim 4.52) > id 1EG0NI-0003KX-N1; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:30:29 -0400 > Received: from [209.225.28.156] (helo=mxsf32.cluster1.charter.net) > by server6.emwd.com with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EFzy3-0002Db-UE > for Biofuel@sustainablelists.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:04:32 -0400 > Received: from mxip18a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip18a.cluster1.charter.net > [209.225.28.148]) > by mxsf32.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id > j8FK4FWl014314 > for <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org>; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:04:16 -0400 > Received: from 66-214-231-79.dhcp.lnbh.ca.charter.com (HELO [192.168.0.33]) > (66.214.231.79) > by mxip18a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 15 Sep 2005 16:04:16 -0400 > X-IronPort-AV: i="3.97,114,1125892800"; > d="scan'208"; a="1564574096:sNHT18410424" > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:15:00 -0700 > From: John Donahue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.11) Gecko/20050830 > X-Accept-Language: en-us, en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > X-EMWD-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service > Provider for details, Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail > Service > Provider for details > X-EMWD-MailScanner-SpamCheck: , > X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:29:32 -0400 > Subject: [Biofuel] Fuel can be made from dead cats > X-BeenThere: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 > Precedence: list > Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > List-Id: <biofuel_sustainablelists.org.sustainablelists.org> > List-Unsubscribe: > <http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Archive: > <http://sustainablelists.org/pipermail/biofuel_sustainablelists.org> > List-Post: <mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> List-Help: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: > <http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-EMWD-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information > X-EMWD-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any > abuse > report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - server6.emwd.com X-AntiAbuse: Original > Domain > - econogics.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] > X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sustainablelists.org X-Source: > X-Source-Args: > X-Source-Dir: X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.86.2, clamav-milter version > 0.86 on > mailbox1.igs.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin > 3.0.3 > (2005-04-27) on > spamassassin1.avalonworks.net > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=failed > version=3.0.3 > > I thought this was amusing and interesting, about a new technology to > make fuel from common waste materials. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/cats_fuel_diesel/ > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > -- Darryl McMahon http://www.econogics.com/ It's your planet. 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