An Alternative to Alternative Fuels and Vehicles

markmcb writes "While the world is working to solve energy and environmental issues with today's petroleum fuels, some vehicles simply don't have good alternatives, namely off-road platforms. For those not willing to give up their gas-guzzling habits, Matt Vea offers an innovative alternative. Using the OBDII interface in his Jeep, a laptop, and the infinite power of Excel, Matt conducts some performance tests and uses the results to tweak both his vehicle's engine and his personal driving habits for optimal fuel consumption both on and off road." Rigorous testing and good use of available technology; nice work.

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Hey look.. ! a flamer mod!

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I have to comment on the recent redshift in the mods lately.

I've seen numerous libertarian and left winged comments modded down as flamebait, offtopic, or overrated despite being insightful or otherwise interesting, presumably because the mods "didnt agree with it".

I posit that slashdot's metamod system is broken, since it allows partisan mods to anonymously troll comment sections at their leisure.

A note to these people: you dont like what's being said? well find someone who is refuting that point and mod it up, modding other people down because you dont like what they say smacks of fascism.