Re: OT: 2006 US Elections

In news:gmgraves-343279.13045626082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> In article <znu-257C44.00425626082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip>
> As a fuel additive or as one of a myriad of alternative fuel
> strategies, methanol might be a player, but as a gasoline replacement
> its a
> non-starter. To begin with, do you know how much arable land it would
> take to grow enough trees to make the quantity of methanol required to
> replace gasoline? How about all there is and then some? The problem
> with partial solutions is that they tend to be impractical. Today,
> you stop
> at a service station and you buy gasoline or Diesel oil.

today, you stop at a gas station and you typically have the choice of 87,
89, and 91 octane gas, diesel, and sometimes kerosene.

> That's it.
> Imagine the complexity of the distribution system if we had to
> dispense gasoline, gasohol, petroleum Diesel, Bio-Diesel, methanol,
> hydrogen,
> methane, and lord only knows what-all?

you could easily distribute just one octane of gas, and diesel and
bio-diesel are compatible so you can use the same pump (like you can pump 87
and 91 octane from the same pump), and even mix them (like 89 octane is just
87 and 91 mixed).

> Sounds impractical to me. I
> might
> be wrong, but I don't see it working.

we already readily distribute 3-4 different types of fuel to many gas
stations around the country, so i'm not sure what you think the big deal
is...


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