Re: What!!!

Posted by JD70Jim on April 16, 2001 at 19:05:04 from (64.197.39.166):

In Reply to: What!!! posted by Joel on April 15, 2001 at 08:13:33:

Well, you know alternative fuels are already known. Yes, we knoe what they are and how to use them. It's just that they are more expensive to use than what we are buying now, or they are more inconvenient to use than what we are using now, or we are just plain to scared of them to use them. Ethanol, 85% pure, will burn fine in an internal combustion engine, but it costs more than gasoline, even with the cheap corn prices! Propane, which used to be a very popular fuel in farm tractors, is inconvenient to store and refuel. People are too lazy to want to do the extra bother I guess, athough there are still a bunch of people using 50s and 60s built tractors to farm with that have this technology. Good for them! Finally, we can build more power plants, but the two sources which can help the most at saving petroleun are coal and nuclear power. Mention nuclear power to most fear stricken and uninformed city slickers and they panic! Mention coal to any E-Wacko and they begin gathering their obstructionist lawyers and rent-a-mobs to begin the process of being sure no such thing happens. Also, the NIMBYS will object loudly as well. There are other alternatives, hydrogen would be a great fuel if you could store it. Hydrogen as a fuel would have to be "liquid hydrogen" which happens to be only a liquid at temperatures near absolute zero. Batteries work, but they have to be recharged, and the source for that is the existing electric power grid, or a standard gasoline or diesel engine.

Of course, research could help solve some of these little difficulties. Ways to eliminate or overrule the objections of obstructionist E-Wackos and NIMBYs might yet be found. A good, cheap to produce fuel cell perhaps as well. Do you honestly think that BP/Amoco or Exxon, or Texaco, or Royal Dutch/Shell will allow that to happen anytime soon? The political problem is in Congress, where there are 535 reasons why it might be tough to get new fuel sources. Good luck!

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