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SwiftFuel Alternative To Alternative Fuels

Posted by samzenpus on from the how-about-pedals dept.

TheDawgLives writes "PBS has an article by Bob Cringely about the best route to end our dependence on oil and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Instead of replacing all our expensive cars with even more expensive hybrids or electric cars, his suggestion is to use a cheap drop-in replacement for gasoline called Swift Fuel. It is derived from Ethanol, but doesn't require any modification to older cars to prevent corrosion. It can be mixed with gasoline in any amount and can even be distributed using the same network as gasoline, including being pumped in the same pipes and shipped in the same trucks. It is truly a drop-in replacement for gas, and it is real. It is being tested by the FAA for certification in propeller aircraft. It also happens to be about $2 a gallon cheaper than gasoline."

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  1. It's not a religion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not a religion. Religions are based on faith. This is based on hysteria.

  2. Re:Food prices by FiloEleven · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know if I was a farmer and had a chance to make more money growing a weed I would be all over it. Yeah, I tried that. You go to jail.
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    Your brain is not a computer.
  3. Re:Correction by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So wait, I don't get you. Do you mean gasoline is going to go up another 10 cents in the next five minutes so it will be $2.10 cheaper? Or do you mean that once this technology gets found out, they'll jack the price up because it is a substitute for gasoline?

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  4. Re:Food prices by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mt Everest is even colder and people climb that too. But not to and from work.

    Oh yeah? What about sherpas, then? ; )

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    "[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz

  5. Re:I just ate an aspirin pancake. by timotten · · Score: 4, Funny

    we should all simply develop photosynthesis to fuel our bodies instead.

    Okay, sounds good. I'll need a cost estimate on that for Monday's meeting.

    Also, do you know any consultants who have done this before?

    Thanks,
    Management

  6. Re:Actually you are both quite wrong. by werewolf1031 · · Score: 5, Funny

    For by riding my bicycle, I am now one of the elitist jerks, the holier-than-thou and more self-righteous than the car or bus-bound commuters around me. There, fixed that for ya. :)