Comments on: $67 a Barrel

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:56:33 +0000

I may only be a kid but I know a lot. For one, I know that $67 for a barrol of oil is too much! Second, why should they distroy such a perfect and peaceful place filled with wildlife just for a stinkin barrol of oil. That’s just plain stupis and they need to stop. I just wish I could stop it!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:56:00 +0000

By: Jay Trilling

Jay Trilling — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:04:55 +0000

I think this country needs more incentives to use public transportation. People rely too much on their cars to get around everywhere. Why is it that I live in the fastest growing county in the nation (3 years straight) and yet there is no subway system here to this day? The closest subway station is about 20 miles away.

By: Jay Trilling

Jay Trilling — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:04:00 +0000

By: Dianne

Dianne — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:06:24 +0000

So, does that mean if I can fit a VW Rabbit engine in my Miata and get a conversion kit I can run on Crisco?

By: Dianne

Dianne — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:06:00 +0000

So, does that mean if I can fit a VW Rabbit engine in my Miata and get a conversion kit I can run on Crisco?

By: Shi

Shi — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:30:07 +0000

I don’t doubt that Willie’s running on vegetable oil.
Before securing local petroleum sources, German tanks operating in North Africa ran on vegetable oil during WW2 (yes, the technology has been around at least that long).
Presently, kits are available which enable diesel-powered vehicles (VW Rabbit and a Dodge pick-up, for example) to run on used vegetable oil. Not ethanol, but the exact same stuff coming out of many restaurants’ deep fryers.
Not bad…reducing demand for a limited natural resource while recycling.

By: Shi

Shi — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:30:00 +0000

By: Norm Strahle

Norm Strahle — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:16:11 +0000

Corn is a finite resource. We only have so many acres to grow corn and can only produce so much per year. Worse yet, growing corn does have a negative impact on the environment. The vast majority corn today is grown using pesticides and artificial fertilizers, all which feeds into streams, rivers, oceans, ground-water, etc. In order to produce enough corn to make the slightest dent in our oil consumption would consume vast amounts of open prarie and/or forest. The idea is politically appetizing to farm-belt politicians, but not sound environmentally or a realistic sollution.

By: Norm Strahle

Norm Strahle — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:16:00 +0000