Thread: Gas 3.50 a gallon?!?!?!

The only reason we tried corn ethanol was because we make so fucking much of it. We have such a surplus of corn that we invested time and resources into seeing if it was worth while fuel source. Turns out it wasn't. Live and learn.

I never heard of the car that ran on water, and tbh I dont believe your little story. Link?

I have heard the same thing about algae, and in fact this is being heavily researched at the moment. Although it is very far away from mass production. Like I said earlier in this thread, algae may end up saving us all.

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

round and round it goes....bottom line.

live wherever you want, drive as far as you want, commute as much as you want.....120 miles in a charge, 1000+ using hybrid assist......nuclear power = no emissions.......electric cars.

fuck hydrogen, fuck biodiesel, fuck ethanol.

It's george jetson time, people hybrids and ethanol are just delaying the inevitable. 0 emissions, batteries, electricity, done.

****Devils Advocate*****

So what are we going to do with all of the other cars in america? Just throw them away? Biodiesel doesn't need a new car, doesn't need a retrofit, only a diesel engine and its set. We can even keep the same infrastructure, no need for quick charging stations, or hydrogen stations.

Hydrogen is just another way of using electricity to power cars instead of batteries. Do you know how many batteries are used in electric cars? Have you considered the environmental impact of that many batteries in a new generation of cars on the environment?

(This may be a stretch), What about the romantic relationship between americans and traditional cars? Im serious, What about our history with the power of the american muscle car. Speeding on the open road, wind in our face, radio rockin', free-spirit and all that stuff. Everyone reading this thread remembers their first car, remembers their first ride in a loud muscle car, remembers seeing that awesome car driving down the road. Throw all that away for some pussy-shit electric car?

Food for thought.

Originally Posted by Pineapple!

Originally Posted by AKA_Lump6

In my home town they started playing porn at the pumps while you fill up with gas....so you can watch someone else get fucked.

"Clever."
"I thought so."
"How's that working out for you?"
"What?"
"Being clever."

So many great scenes in that movie.

The algae is old news, but its pretty interesting stuff. I thought exactly like Pineapple said. I thought, "3.50, where!?!?".

I'm in Riverside, CA and on Monday the cheapest gas I found was 4.33 so I filled up on that. The next day, Tuesday, I drove by the same gas station and it was 4.44!