Water and air filters. Many respirators for working in environments with fumes, etc, have activated carbon in them. And, yes, they have been around for decades, Doug.
-John On Jul 20, 2006, at 9:09 AM, bob allen wrote: > > I did a little hyway driving last weekend in my (really my wife's) > Prius: at 65 mph we got 54 mpg, 60 about 56 mpg and at 50 mph an > honest 61+ mpg. Essentially flat and windless conditions. > > Zeke Yewdall wrote: >> Yeah, I know about the getting passed like you are standing still. My >> truck will do 65 to 70mph on the highway, which isn't bad for a 4 >> cylinder diesel engine -- probably rated at less horsepower than the >> stock ford ranger engine in roughly the same size truck. It was >> funny >> driving it down through montana and wyoming to colorado -- in wyoming >> and montana it was fine in the right lane, and the left lane wasn't >> that >> much faster except for a few outlying speedsters. But as soon as I >> crossed the Colorado border, even the right lane was annoyed at me, >> and >> the left lane was probably 15 to 20mph faster than me. >> >> On 7/19/06, *robert and benita rabello* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Zeke Yewdall wrote: >> >>> Isn't that interesting that the "North American driver" is willing to >>> sacrifice the world and condemn billions of people to a slow painful >>> death, rather than accept a 10% decrease in how fast they can go in >>> their car.... Although I suppose they don't think of it that way. >> >> >> We just drove for 24 hours going to Los Angeles and back. >> It's hard >> to drive slow for that long on the open highway. I put the cruise >> control on the Camry at 110 km / hour and averaged 6.2 liters / >> 100 km >> for the trip. (That's a little over 40 mpg for you who are >> metrically >> challenged.) Air conditioning and hills REALLY drain fuel >> economy, as >> does going fast. My best fuel mileage occured on flat roads at >> 90 km / >> hour, where the car would easily do 5.5 liters / 100 km. The >> only time >> we accomplished that kind of economy happened between San Jose >> and Paso >> Robles, which is a relatively flat section of highway. >> >> But we were often getting passed like we were standing still! >> >> Your remark is cogent. I don't think people here actually >> make the >> connection between their driving habits and the impact these have >> on >> the >> earth. We saw a fair number of hybrids on the trip--they're >> becoming >> more common now--and most of the people who were driving them >> tried to >> drive in a more sane manner than the rest of the folk on the >> freeway. >> In Los Angeles, however, the hybrids get to use the HOV lanes, >> and if >> you're not driving at least 120 km / hour, other motorists become >> rather >> annoyed! >> >> I put the blower on my truck in part because I eventually >> intend to >> run it on some kind of gaseous fuel, but the best thing I can do >> with >> that machine is simply NOT drive it at all. Working from home >> really >> helps . . . >> >> robert luis rabello >> "The Edge of Justice" >> Adventure for Your Mind >> http://www.newadventure.ca >> >> Ranger Supercharger Project Page >> http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ >> <http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Biofuel mailing list >> Biofuel@sustainablelists.org <mailto: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/ >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Bob Allen,http://ozarker.org/bob > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The modern conservative is engaged in one of Man's oldest exercises > in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral > justification for selfishness JKG > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
