[AT] Gasoline $..what's in the future?

[charlie hill]

I saw Gale Banks on a TV show the other day.  He is experimenting with the 
Isusu diesel that is in the Chevy DuraMax trucks.  He thinks he can cut back 
on compression a bit but turn it up to turn 6000 rpms red line, and make it 
run very efficiently on soy bean oil.

Let's hope he's right.

Charlie

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Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:47 PM
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> Regular is $2.43 per gallon here in western Mass. as of this morning. All 
> of
> the fuel pumps in the state have signs on them stating that the fuel 
> contains
> 10% ethanol.
>
> I really like the idea of biodiesel and believe that the idea will become
> very popular as fuel prices increase. Hybrid vehicles are nice but I think 
> small
> diesel technology has huge untapped potential. The VW TDI gets 40-50mpg 
> with
> no need to ever change out a giant battery or control high voltages.
>
> This morning I was watching CNN and they were discussing the increase in 
> fuel
> prices. Some of the statistics they quoted were Gas prices of $4/ gallon 
> by
> next summer and $5/gallon the summer after that. Right now the world uses 
> 84
> million barrels of oil per day and the world production is only at 85
> million/day. In the US our refinerys are operating at 95% of capacity and 
> it takes 10
> years to build a refinery(including all the paperwork/studies).
>
> What scares me is what will happen to the prices of EVERYTHING when fuel 
> gets
> that expensive? You know the increased price of shipping will have to be
> passed to the consumer...in addition to the price increase for our own 
> fuel. I
> know that there no chance that my salary will increase to keep up with 
> that sort
> of inflation. I'm almost positive that I''l be looking for a second 
> part-time
> job next year as well as a good used motorcycle.
>
> Thanks for letting me ramble.
> Karl
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