Tree Hugger v. Muscle car
#81
Great white north
it is true that the North West Territories have a lot of possabilities for rare earth minerals as they do for other things like diamonds and Uranium etc. what this means is the development of the north beyond what it is now and the destruction of an ecosystem that is already under stress.It will be no different than the pipeline from Alaska to transport oil affecting migration routes of caribou. They will just work around the problems and say it's green energy so it's ok.pretty hard to stay up on your high horse when the approach is the same as everyone elses.
#82
#2: I like to wait 'till it's either an old guy or certain women (you can tell which kind!), then use my line loc & smoke 'em!
Ralph
#83
[quote=German442;104936#2: I like to wait 'till it's either an old guy or certain women (you can tell which kind!), then use my line loc & smoke 'em!
Ralph[/quote]
Do that with anyone in one of those silly baby buggies... Drown 'em in tire smoke and exhaust fumes!!
With the rare metals used in those battery-powered cars, imagine the rapid rising parts costs! Looks like a disaster to me - I will stick with dino juice...
Ralph[/quote]
Do that with anyone in one of those silly baby buggies... Drown 'em in tire smoke and exhaust fumes!!
With the rare metals used in those battery-powered cars, imagine the rapid rising parts costs! Looks like a disaster to me - I will stick with dino juice...
#85
Just picked up my olds 2 days ago, I have had a 1960 rambler, a handful of trucks etc. The people across the street from me sound just like this woman, pulled up last night, and I heard the man go (Oh my can you smell that, thats horrible). Needless to say it put a big smile on my face!
#86
rather than the in-fighting that goes on in other places. . . um, does it happen here too?
For someone who made a point of saying you hoped this board wasn't like other boards, you're cranking up already...
Save it for ROP. It's a way of life over there.
#90
Just picked up my olds 2 days ago, I have had a 1960 rambler, a handful of trucks etc. The people across the street from me sound just like this woman, pulled up last night, and I heard the man go (Oh my can you smell that, thats horrible). Needless to say it put a big smile on my face!
(if you don't beleive it, do you for the most part smell your own home? Probably not...)
#91
Here's a link to one of the stupid things!
http://www.smart.com/-snm-0135035552.../Default-Start
Ralph
http://www.smart.com/-snm-0135035552.../Default-Start
Ralph
#92
Unless it is one of those &%#@! diesels that are getting more popular here. They are so popular in asia that on any given time of day, the air reeks of the crap. (I was sentenced there for business a long while back.) I sure hope the US is not going that way, no matter what the mpg gains are...
#94
I would prefer bacon grease myself - i bet the smell would be better, too - almost appetizing.
Perhaps when you rev the motor, you might just hear an "OINK, OINK"!
The Mc D's trucks should reuse their fry oil as fuel. The smell would be a selling medium...
#95
Here's a link to one of the stupid things!
http://www.smart.com/-snm-0135035552.../Default-Start
Ralph
http://www.smart.com/-snm-0135035552.../Default-Start
Ralph
#96
That is an improvement.
I would prefer bacon grease myself - i bet the smell would be better, too - almost appetizing.
Perhaps when you rev the motor, you might just hear an "OINK, OINK"!
The Mc D's trucks should reuse their fry oil as fuel. The smell would be a selling medium...
I would prefer bacon grease myself - i bet the smell would be better, too - almost appetizing.
Perhaps when you rev the motor, you might just hear an "OINK, OINK"!
The Mc D's trucks should reuse their fry oil as fuel. The smell would be a selling medium...
A good filter system and a few chineese resturants and your set
#97
The funniest part about "that smell" is that today's cars stink too. You just don't smell it. Your nose gets used to the smell (you smell it every time you go outside damn near) and ignores it. 20, 30, 40 years ago you didn't smell fumes as much as you do now from the same cars because all the fumes smelled similiar and were in the mental block area. Your nose ignored the scent then... Now cars stink differently so the old common scent is slowly allowed back into a "smellable" range....
(if you don't beleive it, do you for the most part smell your own home? Probably not...)
(if you don't beleive it, do you for the most part smell your own home? Probably not...)
#98
#99
a couple comedian's in hereI would take the free travel and fuel than complain there are worse things out there to smell.Drive past a few industrial plants and tell me you would prefer that over fry's or chicken.I think if even one of you prefer that your full of it.I live not that far from Kodak ( the origional start and head qurters)and the smells that come from the factory could rot the paint off a buick
#100
Save money, save the planet, but gain a craving for French fries. It would be worth it.
A University of Regina engineering student has successfully converted a diesel engine in a 2002 Volkswagen Golf to run on used vegetable oil.
Josh Dumalski, a fourth-year student, and two other classmates spent eight months working out the bugs in their system.
"Vegetable oil is very similar to diesel," Dumalski said about the successful switch, adding that the vegetable oil does not contain additives such as sulphur, making it better for the environment.
The car starts out using diesel fuel. Once the engine is hot enough, Dumalski moves a switch he installed under the radio.
Once the car gets going, Dumalski can drive about 1,000 kilometres on a single tank of vegetable oil, obtained free from a Regina restaurant.
"Our main goal is to use a renewable fuel source that's sustainable and locally grown, so we chose vegetable oil," Dumalski said.
His vegetable-oil-fuelled car includes a specialized tank and a complicated electrical system to control the conversion process.
"There's about 500 or 600 feet of wiring in this design," Dumalski said, "so there's a lot of wire in here, a lot of hours of electrical work."
$2,000 per vehicle to replicate work
After spending eight months on the prototype, Dumalski said he believes he can replicate the work for less than $2,000 per vehicle, and deliver comparable performance to an unmodified car.
"On standard diesel operation, you're looking between 45 to 55 miles per gallon and running on vegetable oil is identical," he said.
Dumalski said he did discover a curious side-effect to the conversion process — the exhaust produced smells like whatever was fried in the vegetable oil.
"So shrimp, fries, whatever it is … driving around, you tend to get hungry."
Dumalski hopes to use his technology to convert vehicles like taxis or buses, he said.
A University of Regina engineering student has successfully converted a diesel engine in a 2002 Volkswagen Golf to run on used vegetable oil.
Josh Dumalski, a fourth-year student, and two other classmates spent eight months working out the bugs in their system.
"Vegetable oil is very similar to diesel," Dumalski said about the successful switch, adding that the vegetable oil does not contain additives such as sulphur, making it better for the environment.
The car starts out using diesel fuel. Once the engine is hot enough, Dumalski moves a switch he installed under the radio.
'Driving around, you tend to get hungry.'— Engineering student Josh Dumalski
"All we do is flip this switch right here and in about three seconds, it's pure vegetable oil," he said.Once the car gets going, Dumalski can drive about 1,000 kilometres on a single tank of vegetable oil, obtained free from a Regina restaurant.
"Our main goal is to use a renewable fuel source that's sustainable and locally grown, so we chose vegetable oil," Dumalski said.
His vegetable-oil-fuelled car includes a specialized tank and a complicated electrical system to control the conversion process.
"There's about 500 or 600 feet of wiring in this design," Dumalski said, "so there's a lot of wire in here, a lot of hours of electrical work."
$2,000 per vehicle to replicate work
After spending eight months on the prototype, Dumalski said he believes he can replicate the work for less than $2,000 per vehicle, and deliver comparable performance to an unmodified car.
"On standard diesel operation, you're looking between 45 to 55 miles per gallon and running on vegetable oil is identical," he said.
Dumalski said he did discover a curious side-effect to the conversion process — the exhaust produced smells like whatever was fried in the vegetable oil.
"So shrimp, fries, whatever it is … driving around, you tend to get hungry."
Dumalski hopes to use his technology to convert vehicles like taxis or buses, he said.
#101
What I don't understand is why there are no reports of people getting busted for using public highways with non taxed fuel.
There is cheaper diesel but its not legal to use "on highway"
Something to consider.
There is cheaper diesel but its not legal to use "on highway"
Something to consider.
#102
there is farm fuel which is dyed so that it can be detected if you are using it in you regular car but I don't know if there are any regulations in place for vegetable oil?
#103
I would have to say it would be horse hooey and bull if there were.Used vegoil from friers is a waste product stuff companys want to get rid of I have even heard of people using old motor oil to run diesels with though for the most part it isn't recomended as if you don't filter all the metal bits out it will certainly damage your engine over time.The other use for motor oil is heating as they make waste oil burners though I would think it would stink and worse than veg oil.I know my friend would be quite mad if they started messing with vegoil as they alreaddy bugger us over everything else.
#105
You smell the fry oil ...
You stop at McDs' get some fries ...
Which leads to excess fry oil ...
Which gets converted to free fuel ...
This leads to a surfeit of fry fumes along the roads ...
You smell the fry oil...
You stop at McDs' get some fries ...
Which leads to excess fry oil ...
Which gets converted to free fuel ...
This leads to a surfeit of fry fumes along the roads ...
You smell the fry oil...
#106
I remember what I had recently said to one dope who suggested I quit working on my old cars and just get a new imp one:
"Anyone with a little brains would know that restoring an old car is reusing & recycling at its best. All of the energy going into it is from my own body. Most of my spent $$ is also kept in the US, keeping American run (and owned!) parts companies in business. Any questions?"
She went away like a dog whacked with a rolled-up newspaper...
(BTW, that was our last date! )
"Anyone with a little brains would know that restoring an old car is reusing & recycling at its best. All of the energy going into it is from my own body. Most of my spent $$ is also kept in the US, keeping American run (and owned!) parts companies in business. Any questions?"
She went away like a dog whacked with a rolled-up newspaper...
(BTW, that was our last date! )
Good for you. "I never met a woman I couldn't run off" But it's best to do it early on.
#107
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Another Hybrid idiot:
I saw another Toyota Pruis today.
Jet Black with a yellow sticker on the fender up by the hood.
Yes, it was the Ferriari Horse sticker
I saw another Toyota Pruis today.
Jet Black with a yellow sticker on the fender up by the hood.
Yes, it was the Ferriari Horse sticker
#109
personally I got nothing against anyone who wants to buy hybrid cars or add wind generaters , solar panels to their house etc. It just means there is less of a reason for me to stop enjoying my Olds. I don't plan on not driving it so all these other guys can make up for anything I might add which is not very much anyway.
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