Comments on: Cody's biofuel road trip begins!

By: Rovier

Rovier — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:33:36 +0000

Cody, check this system out if you really want to save some gas.
http://www.dtuls.com

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:23:34 +0000

Cody,
If you stop by Albany Ohio 45710 my friend and I will give you a tank of wvo diesel for your trip. Mike

By: shiner-bock-beer

shiner-bock-beer — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:19:36 +0000

Congrats on your choice of vehicles. You obviously didn't investigate the Scout thoroughly, or you would have known the gauges wouldn't work. 22 MPG is impressive, I might get 10 out of any of my Scouts. You could have chosen an ultra-yuppy VW, but instead you choice old school American iron. And consider this, at 22 MPG, you are getting slightly less than the GM Hybrid Vehicles in a 30 year old hunk'o'iron. GM can stick it in their ear!!!

Consider a swing through TEXAS-Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio/Austin or Houston. Beds and mechanics standing by. Also consider visiting http://www.binderbulletin.org. The IH community is everywhere-any always willing to support. Lots of IH Scout enthusiasts are watching your trek. And, almost every single one is willing to wake up in the middle of the night to come help you out. Remember that. The bio-diesel folks and tree-huggers will be snug in their beds while fellow IH'er's (Binders) will slog through rain, sleet, and mud to help you out.

God bless International Harvester!!!!

By: Bob Barker

Bob Barker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:11:31 +0000

Depending on your route there are some biofuels stations in santa fe, NM and around denver (colorado springs area)...I know because i've made the trip from atlanta to Los angeles on biofuels. You'll make it, good luck!

By: Burnet1187

Burnet1187 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:28:25 +0000

What's the point of using biodiesel? It costs the same as regular diesel. I have converted my diesel truck to use vegetable oil as fuel. If you buy this stuff, it costs about half the price of diesel and even less than gasoline. Plus it is not produced by arabs or OPEC. I would hazard a guess that filtered waste vegetable oil is more available than biodiesel.

So this story is a little wacky... something that liberals would do. Put on many extra miles, and average less than 40 mph just to pay the same and pollute the same as diesel.

See http://www.geasecar.com for info on vegetable fuel systems for cars and trucks.

By: Nic "Scoutman" Hawker

Nic "Scoutman" Hawker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:44:43 +0000

I'm happy that ya'll picked a Scout to go road trippin' with. If you have any troubles near Oklahoma City, let me know. I have three Scouts and have learned a trick or two about keeping them on the road. Ya'll are welcome to come and stay out at the farm too. It's just a bit south of OKC, we can check out the mechanicals while you're there. I don't want to post my contact info here, but I'm sure CNN can help you out by giving you the e-mail address that I entered.
Good luck and happy Scouting.
Nic

By: Techhairball.com

Techhairball.com — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:21:31 +0000

Biodiesel is also produced from Jathropa a plant which yields diesel.
Now the problem is farmers who used to grow wheat are now growing Jathropa since it is more profitable and does not require high maintenance.

http://techhairball.com/wp/2008/07/14/jatropha-curcas/

I think since 90% of our known UNIVERSE is H2 it is very likely that fuel of tomorrow will be Hydrogen.

By: Franko

Franko — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:32:48 +0000

Good posts !
Food, Oil, Farmer, Wind, US, sybiotic, tending to virtual harmony.
For a while, I cringed that the Greenie Zombie mind control machine is US.

Multivariate assumptions, generalized, averaged, from quantum events.
Time space energy, optimized, personally. Money flies, diminishing locality.
Most efficient are your local taxes, not spent on IPCC horror projections.

Nothing is sustainable, got it, use it, hungry, kill and eat, or starve, be eaten.
Run out, search for another smorgasboard.
Unchanging Commie Utopia of Death, US not !

By: Press to Digitate

Press to Digitate — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:51:18 +0000

It is a flat out lie to contend that anyone on the planet is deprived of food because of the growth of biofuels. This lie is being paid for by the petroleum industry.

Where famine exists, it is because farming does not. We humans manufacture two distinct types of fertilizer as a consequence of our biology. There is no place on Earth where the inhabitants cannot grow sufficient food locally to feed themselves. We have bred a culture of dependency in the developing world by sending food grains (bought to pay off American farmers) instead of helping to train new farmers in Africa and Asia.

Next generation algal biofuels produce a high protein residue in addition to the sugars and oils which are turned into Ethanol and Biodiesel. When pelletized, this is an excellent livestock feed. The future of biofuels is not "Food vs. Fuel" as the oil companies would have you believe, but "Food FROM Fuel".

Those behind the pushback on biofuels are the same people, think-tanks, and companies who perpetuate Skeptical Denial with respect to Global Warming. They are dangerous, and many would-be environmentalists have fallen for the delusion they want to sell you: The con that 'grown fuels' are somehow worse than 'just drilling for more oil'.

Algae will win out over Oil – and Corn and Sugarcane and Soybeans – because it is so much more productive. Instead of 300 – 600 gallons of biofuel per acre per year with food crops, Algae can produce on the order of tens of thousands of gallons of biofuel per acre per year. There is just no contest. Corn, Soy and other foods are already obsolete as biofuel feedstocks. But, they did get an industry jump started, and attract capital to the fledgeling biofuels industry. That in itself is an accomplishment, and worth the few ears of Corn consumed in the process.

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:12:14 +0000

Growth is good as long as it's sustainable. At the rate we're going, we'll see serious unrest and pain unless we as a world accept the big picture and realize that unchecked economic growth always kills itself in the end. Capitalism is great, but it must be kept within boundaries through regulation, or pain and bubbles will form. Sustainable economic growth(as well as population growth) is the only answer. Standard of living is the key. If everyone has a decent standard of living, population growth will slow on a global basis. All developed countries have either a stable or a negative population growth rate. The answer lies in the middle between extreme capitalism and socialism. We once had this balance in the U.S. where the government did its job and regulated when necessary, but we've lost it. Most other developed countries have already accepted this, and we're last to accept it. They're doing better while we're having an economic crisis and crash of the dollar and housing market, etc. Even developing countries have realized they need to use oil wisely and push for alternatives. China has much higher fuel economy standards and alternative fuel mandates. All of Europe is far ahead of the game, but they're a little to far toward the socialist side. One day, they will probably get fat and get into our same predicament. They all learned from our mistakes, and we wonder why we're being overshadowed. We send practically all our money overseas in the name of profits. Well, that finances the development of other countries. It won't be long before other countries will be hiring us for cheap labor and cheap products. In a way, our unchecked capitalism has become much like a communist dictatorship. We have little choice but to stay obedient to the corporations, our real government.