Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:24:18 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: SaabUSA Biopower survey
in article 4422g6FfisU1nospamvidual.net, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net wrote on 28/01/2006 20:28: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:15:06 GMT, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> in article 43v1rpF1p5s53U1nospamvidual.net, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net >> wrote on 27/01/2006 16:59: >> >>> Hybrid biodiesel. Now we're talking. A diesel/electric hybrid would >>> let people use the existing fuel infrastructure, give the industry >>> more experience with electrical drive systems, and would get us to a >>> point where we can start paying farmers to farm, instead of giving that >>> money to people in parts of the world where they want to kill us. Yes, >>> that seems like a good approach. >> >> Okay, I'm being picky. I spent a day or so thinking about whether and why I >> should ask you ... Who is trying to kill you (I presume the US, you mean) >> this time? What do you mean? > > Well, I don't think it's any secret that much (most?) of the oil the US > imports, is from arabic countries. And while we're neutral > trade-partners with some of them, I'd hardly call them friendly to us > (nor us friendly towards them). I'd prefer to have the US work on > building up the biofuels industry and infrastructure, which will allow > us to support our own farmers rather than supporting people in countries > who are uneasy allies at best. It's a sensible approach. You guys have vast vast vast areas of open space that could well be as devoted to sugar cane or oil seed rape, as barley ... Or windmills? What kind of lobby do you have going nationally? Are there particular states that are more receptive to changing to alternative fuels? It is going to need a sea change, culturally, I would imagine. For example, from a UK (perhaps European) perspective, we see 10 MPG V8s as a cultural right in the US; a view of oil usage which leaves us aghast. Well, following the ethanol example, I see that piston-head culture being sustained through any oil shortage. I love the growl of inefficient engines and the smell of unburned petrol, but I do concede that we all need to change and for now, the ethanol direction seems to be the change we need without losing what we had. > The sooner the US starts using it's energy resources that it has, the > sooner it can stop having to juggle unstable situations in order to > attempt to secure them from elsewhere. Well, I think that would be good for all of us; the UK especially who seem duty bound to follow well, the Bushes, into whatever whichever country they seem to see as the latest sure thing. I wonder how much of the Iran issue is going to be a smokescreen for the next invasion of Venezuela? President Chavez does seem to be unnecessarily "pushing the envelope" when it comes to oil exports to the US. We'll see. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
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