12-20-2007, 10:59 PM | #29 |
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I'm pro cellulosic ethanol at the moment. It's efficient, cleaner and can rid us of any foreign dependency on oil and make us entirely energy independent. However, a lot of the finer details need to be worked out such as infrastructure.
In other news but in relation to the thread topic and general discussion on alternative fuel resources here's an episode from Jay Leno's garage on the plug-in hybrid (new Ford Escape plug-in hybrid to be exact). A lot of good infornatiom that a lot of us may not have heard/know about: http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/...tml?vid=190932
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This is good stuff man....
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Youtube via AutoBlogGreen: Bush signs new energy bill:
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/12...bill-into-law/
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12-21-2007, 07:48 AM | #32 |
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Honestly, this is how I see it playing out:
This 8% or whatever of our fuel useage will be cut out with the new standards. Assuming that manufactures can achieve it...Well, on second though, let's assume a conservative 5%. Now add a conservative 30% useage of cellulosic/corn Ethanol in this country (there's a current cap of ~30-40% of our vehiclular demands can be met by ethanol. Factor in a liberal amount of Volt-esque vehicles(smaller cars, and Crossovers); 40% Then for fun, let's do 10% of our fuel useage being cut out by the Hybrid cars everybody is having fun with That's very roughly 85% percent of our vehicle fuel useage NOT on fossil fuels within 20 years as I see it....... Now, how fast we can do this is another question. China and India aren't slowing down their growth...... |
12-21-2007, 10:18 AM | #33 |
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China is the biggest reason that gas prices continue to rise. Supply vs Demand. They demand gas, supply stays the same, so price goes up. India doesn't help either.
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I think ehthanol is going to be our ticket out of this mess though. Hybrids are expensive and not everyone wants their sunshine urinated upon. It's going to take the goverment to give ethanol a big boost if this country if it really means anything to them at all.
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We can't make enough to sustain the country??? Wow, this is really one big mess of a sh*t hole to be in.
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