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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: That reminds me, Tricky... Any ozzies on here willing to do some legwork (real or virtual) and see if they can hunt down a used '05 Ford Falcon (which we don't get over here in the States -- we're stuck with the *expletives deleted* Taurus)? Or at least give me a notion of price ranges?
GM is doing a pilot program in the Washington, D.C., area with hydrogen cars and fuelling stations, but nothing major yet. I also recommend a good skim through web sites like this one, this one, and this one.
All I know is I want all my vehicles either have hydrogen turbines under the hood, or else have the existing ICE modified to accept something replenishable (or at least a mix), like biodiesel or some kind of ethanol-methane miasma...
--Jonah
Mate - www.carpoint.com.au. Have fun, but be warned, you are buying a FORD so don't expect it to go for very long without dying in the arse
Fuel now $1.40 per litre. Time to go green.
In Yank speak, that's about $5.50 USD per gallon.
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Nothing wrong with the Capri, Bodie and Doyle drove one. Hell, my dad had a Pinto once! Bought it off a Yank when we were living in West Africa very cheaply, then found out why. I really liked it because it was sorta cool, had leather seats and aircon.
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quote:Originally posted by Peregrinus:
All I know is I want all my vehicles either have hydrogen turbines under the hood, or else have the existing ICE modified to accept something replenishable (or at least a mix), like biodiesel or some kind of ethanol-methane miasma...
--Jonah
Why don't you just fart in a can?
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I converted my car to run on crushed hopes and dreams. It has enough fuel for a good couple decades.
Seriously, though. I think I'll just hire about thirty or forty second graders to tow my car from place to place. They work for cheap, and all I got to do is feed 'em pure sugar to keep their energy levels up.
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Are you sure that you want to go with sugar?
quote:Alcohol made from sugar cane is becoming the fuel of choice in Brazil, and other countries - so much so that global sugar prices hit a seven-year high this week.
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quote:Originally posted by Grokca: Are you sure that you want to go with sugar?
quote:Alcohol made from sugar cane is becoming the fuel of choice in Brazil, and other countries - so much so that global sugar prices hit a seven-year high this week.
"Is becoming" is largely incorrect. It has become a successful sort-of-replacement already, in the form of alcohol/gas mix, and it's been that way for 20 years or more. Now it's even more with those cars.
So, expect no less than Brazil's inner demand for alcohol to raise dramatically, now that it's been proven that it is a very viable alternative.
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quote:Originally posted by Grokca: Are you sure that you want to go with sugar?
quote:Alcohol made from sugar cane is becoming the fuel of choice in Brazil, and other countries - so much so that global sugar prices hit a seven-year high this week.
"Is becoming" is largely incorrect. It has become a successful sort-of-replacement already, in the form of alcohol/gas mix, and it's been that way for 20 years or more. Now it's even more with those cars.
So, expect no less than Brazil's inner demand for alcohol to raise dramatically, now that it's been proven that it is a very viable alternative.
And if you'd see how badly sugar plantations/refineries fuck the environment, you'd nix that notion right now.
But tha's mainly due to lax EPA oversight- I'm sure that Brazil would never destroy it's irreplacable wetlands for a short sighted solution that will come back to bite them in the ass.
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