Gas in Your Area

[doc_bean]

Very true. I'm still lost as to why they want to use wood chips or corn to make ethanol. Sugar cane/sugar beats are by far more effective at producing ethanol. But still the point of using ethanol is to become energy selfsufficient so why would we want to trade one import for another?

Because one ISN'T from the middle east aka countries supporting terrorism against the US ?

(broad generalization, but if you're going to demonize, at least act like you're avoiding the demons...)

[BigTex]

Because one ISN'T from the middle east aka countries supporting terrorism against the US ?

(broad generalization, but if you're going to demonize, at least act like you're avoiding the demons...)

The other one is supporting drug cartels. If were going to switch to using a different fuel then we should at least make sure we avoid the mistake of becoming dependent on other countries for it.

[Boohugh]

The sooner the big US car companies take serious steps to develop low-cost hydrogen powered cars, the better imo. Low cost, pollution-free fuel for everyone then.

[BigTex]

The sooner the big US car companies take serious steps to develop low-cost hydrogen powered cars, the better imo. Low cost, pollution-free fuel for everyone then.

Currently the only way to get hydrogen in sufficient quantities to fuel cars is by burning natural gas. Which destroys the point of "pollution-free fuel" and having fuel cell cars. you'd create far more pollution at the moment by getting the hydrogen then by using gas to power cars. I also highly doubt that there would be 0 ecological side effects to dumping large amounts of water in area's day after day. Ethanol or E85 is a better idea then hydrogen until they can get hydrogen from a different source in sufficient quantities. Also the fuel cell panels don't last very long, you'd be constantly replacing fuel cell panel after fuel cell panel in your car, which creates lots of garbage. Fuel cells arent a great idea for cars, its a better idea for power plants, or something else on a larger scale.