"When gasoline is $10/gallon" ?
Not far off that in UK already :-(
br
jez
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Steinman" <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Mileage, Automatic gears
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:07:24 -0800
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>
> > From: Rob Harrison <robhar@xxxxxx>
> >
> > The
> > Passat TDI wagon looks promising, if I can find a used one in our price
> > range. Biodiesel is available here in crunchy Seattle. (The exhaust will
> > smell like french fries!) The Prius is another good possibility for us,
> > though doesn't feel as solid as the VW.
>
> Hold out for the TDI and biodiesel! When gasoline is $10/gallon, you'll
> be able to make biodiesel from used restaurant grease for a fraction of
> that. Gasoline is going away sooner than y'all think.
>
> Plus, that TDI will last at least twice as long as a gas engine.
>
> See link below for a vehicle that runs on waste restaurant grease
> WITHOUT converting it to biodiesel first.
>
> Requisite on-topic stuff: the painting on the side of the van came from
> an eleven-shot panorama I did with an OM-4ti and Zuiko 180/2.8.
>
> :::: Given an infinite source of energy, population growth still
> produces an inescapable problem. The problem of the acquisition of
> energy is replaced by the problem of its dissipation. -- Garrett Hardin
> :::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Van>
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