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Originally posted by bigben2k
(I don't know why people think I'm even remotely interested in farming! LOL!)
We are all facing an energy crisis: the world supply of oil is only good for another 60 to 200 years.
On top of this, the USA depends on foreign countries for 40% of its oil.
So the US is highly motivated to turn around this trade imbalance however, the technology to do this is not "economically" practical.
But we're trying: we now have a number of vehicules available that do not depend so much on oil (ref: Toyota Prius, and the latest Honda), but we're still a long way.
I was thinking the other day: do ya'll know how incredibly inneficient the gasoline engine really is? Out of all the energy from the combustion of gasoline, only 30 to 40% is used to move the vehicule!
In every other application, we are all far more efficient than this.
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Lol...sorry. Was'nt meant for you particualy. Anyway, I think you know what I mean. US mainly want that oil because their car's run like 3-4km/L. The funny thing is that there actually IS another solution, not using oil. In fact there are plenty...
BMW has made the H2 car...it will hit the marked in 2007. A car that runs on Hydrogen.
Present cars (Only some) can be remade so that they can run on (Dont know the english word) oil you use for cooking. Way cheaper, no polution and lots of it. (Talking about that plant oil thing).