Terry Hamblin wrote:
Perma, I think that you are in California and as such, you are proud of your stand against pollution and you are sure that all of the wonderful things that California has contributed to everyone's health through catalytic converters and valves that redirect nasty fumes back into the injectors of the engine etc. is way better than anyone else has done. Change a broken catalytic converter, 1400$, change out one of the little, plastic valves that keep us safe, 500$. Ethanol works Perma, at least it takes up space in the gas tank if that counts! There are ethanol laced gasolines on the market that will destroy your engine if your engine was not designed for it! Bought any sweet corn lately? Price of sweet corn has sky rocketed because the farmers are making really good money growing corn for ethanol production. Think about it, if ethanol was useful, would the refineries shutdown to dump it in the gas for the summer, but not the winter?
Energy production has been neglected for 30 years, the U.N. fostered the nuclear moratorium in 1985, and since then the power companies have been like cats covering crap on the freeway during rush hour! The grid is old and crumbling, energy production under the EPA rules will soon have us paying 5$ a kilowatt to keep the lights on, but I guess it's good because California says it is. How rich does one have to be to live in California?? :(
Perma, I think that you are in California and as s... (
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Terry, look at my ID tab, it tells where I am from...
Cars in my state have catalytic converters, pcv valves, That is probably the "little plastic part" that concerns you, I paid once to replace that, I was robbed $20 buck to do that. Never had to replace a converter, but usually only get 190,000 mi or so out of a car..
If your car is not designed to burn ethanol, what the hell are doing putting it in the tank at all?
I once made a still and produced a bit of ethanol, burned it in an old JD tractor, did fine, I could not detect any lose of power and found no problem with the engine..
Those fields of corn you look at, they are not sweet corn, they are not meant to be fed to people. That is animal feed, for cattle and hogs.. The fact that it can also make alcohol is minor..
The first opponent to nuclear energy I met was a Hungarian refugee on a construction job one summer long ago. He tossed gasoline bombs at Russian tanks so I paid attention. I remain convinced that as nuclear exists today is not the right solution.. We will have more Chernobyl and whatever the Japanese plant is called..
The grid is old and like much of Americas infrastructure needs to be rebuilt.. Congress needs to agree with Obama and get the work done.. Many good jobs and a great need. It can be done, when the 35 bridge fell in Minneapolis, they got the replacement designed and built in record time.. When the pols stop fighting they can accomplish the task, now as always..
About your feud with California, I can not help you I was at pendleton and San Diego for a couple years. I like the state a lot but it has more people then I care to deal with..
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