Archive for December, 2006
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Lets Say We Solve the Fossil Fuel Problem, Then What? Just Ask the Whales.
A Statement of the Obvious. My Fellow Americans, As citizens of This Great Nation, we Americans, regardless of our political affiliations, burn more energy per person than a vast majority of the 6.4 billion (and counting) people on the planet today. Thus, our energy footprint is disproportionately large. And, as much of our energy comes [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Pete Lauf
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Runnin’ with E85
I’ve had a flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) for a couple of years, a 2003 Ford Taurus. The FFV is one that can run on a mixture of ethanol (sometimes methanol, but not in my case) and gasoline, at any mixture ratio from 0% ethanol to 85% ethanol, which is what E85 is – 85% ethanol, [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Bio-Fuel by Walter
Thursday, December 7th, 2006
A Plea to Our Nation’s Leaders: Get Us Off Foreign Oil!
Tonight I was visited by someone from the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and it inspired me to make the following plea to our nation’s leaders: To our Leaders at all levels, It’s time to get serious about Renewable Energy. This country has made some good steps, but it’s time for more serious action. We [...]
