SwiftFuel Alternative To Alternative Fuels

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."

Comments

It's not a religion

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Re:Food prices

[FiloEleven]

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.

Re:Food prices

[mrchaotica]

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

Oh yeah? What about sherpas, then? ; )

Re:Actually you are both quite wrong.

[werewolf1031]

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. :)