"Brenda Ann Dyer" wrote in message
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| "helmsman" wrote in message
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| On Sun, 30 May 2004 12:57:56 GMT, (King Pineapple)
| wrote:
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| Why are we paying so much at the pump when there is no shortage of oil?
|
|
| Speculators!
| The BIGGEST problem the U.S.A. has is not having enough refineries.
| In other words the ECO FREAKS!
| The Saudi's are willing to finance the building of 2 refineries in the
| U.S.A.
| Unfortunately I don't think oil companies will allow it to happen.
|
| The real cure is Hydrogen and we are very very close, and not just to
turn
| oil back into
| lubricating grease, it can also run electrical power plants.
| http://www.pbs.org/saf/1403/segments/1403-3.htm
| http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scien...gen_10-20.html
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| I agree that hydrogen would be a great way to get off the oil bandwagon as
| far as a fuel for our transportation needs. However, I don't think it's
| really applicable as a source for electric power plants. The reason being
| that to get the massive amounts of hydrogen for fuel, it will have to be
| electrolyzed out of water. This takes large amounts of electricity. The
law
| of conservation of energy says that we can't get more energy out of
| something than is put into it.

Ethanol, then.

Or vegetable oil.

Hell, Saint Paul has a wood - burning power plant, believe it or not!

I believe Sarpy County, Nebraska now has a "garbage gas" plant.

Come to think of it, methane can be easily produced from human waste.


All of the above are totally renewable and based on current technology.

My current car is a gas - sipper. I am thinking the next one will either be
hybrid or perhaps an E85 (85% Ethanol) vehicle.

73,



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