[SGVLUG] Especially for Tom & his Prius....

[frank at pasadena.net]

Fyi:

85 Ford Ranger getting 40 miles to the pound of wood:
http://proliberty.com/observer/20060506.htm

National Electric Drag Racing Association:
http://www.nedra.com

The hybrid idea is very good in the LA basin since smog lingers here. 

Since vehicles are much cleaner than the past, a great amount of our current
air pollution now comes from idling ships in our ports. 

Being an LA native, going to elementary school in the early 70's, the smog
was so bad on so many days your throat would ache and the horizon was red
all day. I'm so happy those days are over.

IMHO, we have too many smart people in the world to continue using the 100+
year old internal combustion technology. If we had the will, we'd be using
cleaner cheaper engines and fuels and drive whatever size vehical we want.

Frank



> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net 
> [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of James Neff
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:21 AM
> To: sgvlug at sgvlug.net
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Especially for Tom & his Prius....
> 
> David Lawyer wrote:
> 
> >The diesel is in fact inherently a pretty bad polluter.
> >  
> >
> 
> What if we used biodiesel made from soybeans?  I don't have 
> hard data, but from what I was told the carbon dioxide 
> consumed during the beans growth cancels out the CO2 produced 
> while burning it.  Also, soybean is hearty and doesn't 
> require as many fertilizers and pesticides as corn does for 
> ethanol production.  Biodiesel is a solution to the oil 
> problem that we could implement now and can burn in any 
> diesel engine without conversion cost. 
>