04-23-2008, 01:56 PM | #1 | |
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Trees in Your Tank? The Future of Green Gasoline: Earth Day Extra
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04-23-2008, 02:07 PM | #2 |
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Yeah!! I Just read about this today!! It's a crazy thought...but supposedly, it's much more energy efficient than Ethanol, because:
1: You use less "syngas" (the vaporized plant-matter) to make the a gallon of gas, than Ethanol. And 2: Gasoline has a higher energy yeild then Ethanol, as we all know. The greenies aren't gonna like this because gasoline is equated to evil ...but this is exciting news!!! |
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And it appears to be petrol free??
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04-23-2008, 02:17 PM | #4 |
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I'm sold. Let's grow gas on trees!
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04-23-2008, 02:18 PM | #5 |
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No. It's still petroleum: but not from crude oil, or fossils....which is wierd when you think about it: Gasoline suddenly being "green."
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04-23-2008, 02:30 PM | #6 |
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Yeh, that's what I thought. Weird.
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04-23-2008, 03:27 PM | #7 | |
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Sweet! So, if/when dinosaur juice runs out, we'll still be able to make gasoline. No more worries for me!
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04-23-2008, 07:43 PM | #8 |
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Very interesting. It is things like this that people on the extreme end of the anti-gasoline movement neglect: as fuel prices rise, alternative means of production become viable.
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