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Hydrocarbon-rich atmosphere?

More fuel for my hydrogen-powered
Jeep!

Good times baby :)

Two Turtle Doves

Are these both male, both female, or a mix? I mean I dont want 50 of these things next Christmas

If they breed, at least it'd save you the expense of buying them again next year. You could go into business and sell them off...it'd defray the cost of the other stuff.

Three French Hens

You want me to PAY for these!?

I'm boycotting french stuff, so they're right out...domestic hens would be a good substitute.

All well and cute, but I have no idea what the mileage per gallon is in my Hydrogen Powered Hacker Jeep and I don't care either. If I could not afford the fuel I could not have afforded the payments when I was paying it off.

Good luck to you on your mechanic bills and all of those european fuel taxes!

BRAVO!

I find the biggest problem with vehicle longevity is the lack of proper care by the owner. Second problem, owners buying vehicles that they can not possibly maintain unless they are a professional mechanic.

One moment while I give the gratuitous link to my web-famous Hydrogen Powered Hacker Jeep. Seriously, it has 279,000+ miles, 1996 Cherokee, 2 Door, 4.0L I6, 5 speed manual trans, Command-Trac four wheel drive. Check journal for other posts about maintaining and modifying.

The success that I have with my vehicles (previous vehicle was a 1986 Dodge Dakota, V6, 220,000+ miles) is just changing the oil and using synthetic lubricants wherever/whenever conceivable. This is NOT a secret, but you would think that it is by talking to most vehicle owners.

Wal-Mart does synthetic oil changes for around $30, close to the retail price of the oil itself. I am pretty bad about flushing the radiator, and did have to replace one recently, probably due to my own neglect. I use Moble 1 gear oil in the trans and differentials, Moble 1 synthetic ATF fluid in transfer case.

I also use plastic-safe silicone spray on all exposed seals/rubber. Pretty bad about waxing and washing the paint, but the engine is always clean. Try to find a brushless carwash with an under-body sprayer to remove corrosives picked up from the road.

Under-coating promotes rust, so don't add any. Whenever a trim screw is removed, use silicone sealer on it before putting it back. Whenever a structural fastener is removed spray with penetrating oil a few days in advance, get the rust off, use anti-sieze on the threads, replace and paint over with Rustoleum if possible.

Anyway, if you start with a vehicle built on the "heavy duty" side of the range and you can turn a screwdriver, use a rag, and/or drive to Wal-Mart, you can take care of your own vehicle indefinately.

Now about this quip in the article: Ways to break the tyranny of oil are coming into view. Governments need to promote them. Replacing pseudo-tyranny with real tyranny is not much of a solution.

Sounds like another arguement in favor of Hydrogen Power to me!

I prefer my hydrogen powered Jeep, but maybe that's just me.

First of all, hydrogen burns clean. It'a an abundant source of energy, and once again, BURNS CLEAN.

Yea, but so does natural gas and the energy value of what is burned off in the Gulf of Mexico, anually, is greater than the entire energy consumption of the US in 1,000 years.

But, I am way ahead of all of you.

Idunno, personal issue there buddy.

I will give up the Hydrogen Powered Jeep when my cold dead butt is pulled from it.

Very true. Whenever I have to drive anywhere near NJ from VA I try to make sure I can get as much stabilized, liquified hydrogen, aka, gasoline as possible in NJ.

Well, that's why I get the hydrogen for my hydrogen powered Jeep at an Exxon station :-)

Oh yes, a side topic, for those that don't know, most "solar cells" are made by the same firms that refine oil.

I have stopped being puzzled by the folks that say they use solar cells because they will not support "big oil", since they have no trouble finding a conspiracy under every unleaded pump, but they are 'unaware' that solar cells are made by energy companies.

Just thought I would mention that before the "solar power" folks swarm over your post.

I get the hydrogen for my Jeep from retail outlets that market it under a different name.

It goes a heck of a lot farther than 100km on one tank too!

Well, just like it except my Jeep has the same maintenance in reality, this scooter has the same maintenance in theory.

So, it's just the same except newer and different :-)

Yea, pronouncing it the same way the only Nuclear Engineer to occupy the White House is so wrong. How dim of him having a bit of an accent!

Now, for the real news, I am well ahead of the curve with my hydrogen powered Jeep! Glad to see these other folks following my lead :-)

Cars keep getting in the way of my Jeep and the pickup trucks of my friends.

Hydrogen baby! The fuel of today.

And the anti-environmental crowd insists that a 2 degree change in temperature must be a natural occurence. What's the difference?

Because it is natural? Because it was happening long before humans were using fossil fuels and it can be proven/has been proven many times over?

I am so glad to hear thiis news that I may convert my Hydrogen Powered Jeep to coal!

My, now famous, Hydrogen Powered Jeep totally rocks! It is so nice to see the rest of the world catching up with me for a change!

Sounds like another arguement for my hydrogen powered Jeep. GWB mentioned it in his State of the Union Address too.

No telling what the British are thinking though, with all of that renewable energy sitting right there under the North Sea.

Sounds like another arguement for my hydrogen powered Jeep. GWB mentioned it in his State of the Union Address too.

No telling what the British are thinking though, with all of that renewable energy sitting right there under the North Sea.

The data show a clear downward trend under Clinton and an upward trend under Bush. They also shed light on today's spin cycle, and allegations that President Bush's announced $470 million increase for NASA in next year's budget is somehow unprecedented and therefore "political." As shown above, George W. Bush increased funding for NASA by roughly $900 million over a two-year period. By this standard a $470 million boost is right on target, and actually smaller than the increase of 2001 into 2002.

The discovery of electricity came hand-in-hand with the realization that it could be use to harm and kill living things. In 1945, with the
invention of the Leyden Jar (the first type of capacitor ever developed, invented in the University of Leiden, Netherlands),

high power
electrical discharges became a possibility, and with them came numerous salon shows where these discharges would be used to
electrocute birds, rats and other small animals. Thomas Edison used AC power to electrocute cats, dogs, a horse, and even a 3-ton
elephant. He also created the first electric chair, which ran on DC power and almost set the person to be executed on fire
(nowadays they are AC).

As our knowledge of electricity expanded so did the uses to which this most versatile form of power has
been put to.

Yes, it is a very telling bit on the french military. It is also archived here and the top link on this page. Obviously a well respected and widespread view with true historians.

Additional information for USians not familiar with france, this website and see this article for more french military history.

Sounds like you need to join the protest.

BTW, your "logic" smacks of satire, you know, since we could just lift the sanctions to lower oil prices, quit spending so much money protecting the Kurds in the north of Iraq. Little things like that.

Sounds like you might want to join in this protest and get even with the system.