Alternative Fuel

runnergirl93 wrote:dont they already have alternative fuel just nobody uses it. its like vegetable oil. i seen it on tv the only complain the person had was that their car smelled like frenchfries,which is really no complaint for me.

yeah there is a pump in our town at some gas station or something and we use that...idk if its vegetable oil but its some alternative fuel lol.

We could have maglev cars.

ATribeCalledGreg wrote:IMO, hybrids are perceived as weak by the general public because when they first started hitting the scene, magazines like Car and Driver who review every car from Prius to Viper wrote in their reviews that they hybrids didn't seem as powerful.

Because you know, it's really necessary to go 0-90 in no time when you are on your way to the office.

That’s the problem with Americans; we have to have the biggest bad ass, most macho car on the road.

Eventually Suvs, hummers and huge trucks will die off, except for those who need them like farmers or construction workers.

FK wrote:Yeah, I don't see why people don't buy more hybrids either. You save money, isn't that why we got in this problem in the first place?

Yeah, but they aren't that cheap. There are some pretty fuel efficient cars that aren't hybrids and cost less. But they still aren’t as environmental friendly. I know in Seattle, Hybrid owners get tax breaks and special parking. I reallllly want one

Pinthin wrote:

FK wrote:Yeah, I don't see why people don't buy more hybrids either. You save money, isn't that why we got in this problem in the first place?

Yeah, but they aren't that cheap. There are some pretty fuel efficient cars that aren't hybrids and cost less. But they still aren’t as environmental friendly. I know in Seattle, Hybrid owners get tax breaks and special parking. I reallllly want one

yeah we were thinking about getting a hybrid when we got our new car but we didn't...lol. mainly because my dad doesn't care that much about it. he just wanted better gas mileage with a sweet looking car lol.

ewww i hate the hummer

ok an ethanol plant is being built in our area but i dont think its a good idea. i think if we use more corn to make ethanol there will be less for the farmers in our area to feed their livestock(yes they do that here, we dont usually eat the corn the animals do) and the price will go up causing everthing else to go up. we need something tho.

xc_babe09 wrote:ok an ethanol plant is being built in our area but i dont think its a good idea. i think if we use more corn to make ethanol there will be less for the farmers in our area to feed their livestock(yes they do that here, we dont usually eat the corn the animals do) and the price will go up causing everthing else to go up. we need something tho.

The price isn't going to go up for ethanol, there's plenty of it.

yea. i meant for corn in general and that will cause other prices to go up too. it takes so much corn to make ethanol tho. even if prices dont go up a super amount the fields that have to grow the corn are just going to get worn out because instead of recycling the fields like beans corn wheat they will just have to keep planting corn. i just dont think its a good idea.

xc_babe09 wrote:yea. i meant for corn in general and that will cause other prices to go up too. it takes so much corn to make ethanol tho. even if prices dont go up a super amount the fields that have to grow the corn are just going to get worn out because instead of recycling the fields like beans corn wheat they will just have to keep planting corn. i just dont think its a good idea.

They don't use that much corn either. It's not like they are putting 50 stalks into one gallon of ethanol. Corn is a part of ethanol but it isn't the whole thing, you don't understand that.

yes i do understand that. and my sister did a research project on ethanol for college her research said they use quite a bit of corn

Part of why we aren't using corn as an alternative fuel is because like she said ^ the amount of corn we would need is insane. But you can use other products besides corn.
and they are debating whether the amount of energy it takes to produce that much corn or alternative product is really efficient or not.

I like the idea of ethanol, but I just dont think we should use corn.

The thing about corn is that you can always regrow corn. You can't "grow" oil, there's only a limited supply of it.

Corn raises the price of other foods.

TnF_T wrote:The thing about corn is that you can always regrow corn. You can't "grow" oil, there's only a limited supply of it.

yeah but they can use other things besides corn to make ethanol.

and true, you can regrow it. But ethanol doesnt have as much energy as fuel, and you'd have to fill up more. Also it wouldn't be as available on the west or east cost due to lack of crops. But you mid-western folk would have the majority of it, making it more exspensive in other places.

We should genetically engineer corn for growth so we can get three-four harvest out of the summer months.

And food prices are effected more by the population. There is going to be 8 billion people on this planet by the time we are middle aged. Earth has her own way of fighting excessive population and we are setting ourselves up for tradgedy by the way we breed.

Alternative fuels sound good in theory but they have serious economic consequences. There have been food riots in other countries because they don't have enough of things like rice. We should start small: solar, wind, etc.

Just Because wrote:Alternative fuels sound good in theory but they have serious economic consequences. There have been food riots in other countries because they don't have enough of things like rice. We should start small: solar, wind, etc.

Go on freerice.com and you can give them rice at no charge.

FK wrote:

Just Because wrote:Alternative fuels sound good in theory but they have serious economic consequences. There have been food riots in other countries because they don't have enough of things like rice. We should start small: solar, wind, etc.

Go on freerice.com and you can give them rice at no charge.

I tried that lol. It's cool.

The Bee's Knees wrote:

FK wrote:

Just Because wrote:Alternative fuels sound good in theory but they have serious economic consequences. There have been food riots in other countries because they don't have enough of things like rice. We should start small: solar, wind, etc.

Go on freerice.com and you can give them rice at no charge.

I tried that lol. It's cool.

yeah I spent like 2 hours on there once I probably donated like a truckload of rice, lol

it helps build your vocabulary too.

Pinthin wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:

FK wrote:

Just Because wrote:Alternative fuels sound good in theory but they have serious economic consequences. There have been food riots in other countries because they don't have enough of things like rice. We should start small: solar, wind, etc.

Go on freerice.com and you can give them rice at no charge.

I tried that lol. It's cool.

yeah I spent like 2 hours on there once I probably donated like a truckload of rice, lol

it helps build your vocabulary too.

I don't get how by just playing a game you are donating rice. Can someone explain the logic to me?

The Bee's Knees wrote:

Pinthin wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:

FK wrote:

Just Because wrote:Alternative fuels sound good in theory but they have serious economic consequences. There have been food riots in other countries because they don't have enough of things like rice. We should start small: solar, wind, etc.

Go on freerice.com and you can give them rice at no charge.

I tried that lol. It's cool.

yeah I spent like 2 hours on there once I probably donated like a truckload of rice, lol

it helps build your vocabulary too.

I don't get how by just playing a game you are donating rice. Can someone explain the logic to me?

They get funds from companies who advertise on the guys networks of site for the rice. You play the game and each word you get correct is 20 grains of rice.

If you noticed the advertisments on the side, everytime you click a word etc.. it ad changes. And they have to pay to get their ad on there, so the company uses that money to get rice. got it?? =)

oh shoot nvm he explained it first >=/

Pinthin wrote:oh shoot nvm he explained it first >=/

Failure. :p

j/p