9 Jul
2001
9 Jul
'01
10 a.m.
At 02:57 PM 7/9/01 +0100, David wrote:
bit out of my field, but there's no reason we
can't run cars' on
biodiesel. Renewable fuel source with fewer pollutants. I'm currently
running my Peugeot on recycled chip fat oil, which I get free from the
local chippie ( they have to pay for theirs to be removed as it's an
'industrial waste' and hence were more than happy for some bod to come
along a offer to take it away for free ).
That's great. That's exact the kind of inventiveness that is needed
to solve the energy crisis. However I think you'll agree that it would be
rediculous to require that ALL cars run on chip oil. There simply isn't
enough of it around. That's the same problem with alcohol, there isn't
enough for it to be a viable fuel source. Yes, we could make more but at
what price and with what kind of sacrifices? (more grain used to produce
alcohol = less grain for food producton = higher food prices). Like it or
not, gasoline will remain the major fuel source for the forseeable future.
Joe