I had to spoil the glee felt by all the bio-diesel. Wow! Grow you fuel!! It must be good if you grow it!1 Of course, GMO crops would be unacceptable, cuz, ya know, it wouldn't be good fuelk if it was altered right?? Only organic for my VW I say!!!! Seriously, has anyone considered the amount of raw crop needed to fuel the cars in North America?? I did a rough calculation of this, based on avg yields, and the standard oil yields from that. While I will not post the results *they were rough*, but the data is available to do your own. To have any impact, biodiesel has to be in a majority of vehicles, and chances are, with the amount of tweaking needed on a standard engine, the same efficiency gains with standard diesel could be had. However, with the nimber of fast assed lazy people out there..maybe sacrificing food for fuels would be a good thing.
Ok all, I have been reading the posts on this topic and have reached my limit of/. patience!! What does it matter WHERE the majority of the Canadian populations lives. You seem to forget that while it is true the vast majority is near the border, that does not mean that the spaces in between are empty!! A good case in point would be Saskatchewan. Very large by US State standards, and broadband is available to any community with a school..and I know first hand that that includes communities with as little as 400 people, 60 miles from any other center, large or of similar size. I also believe that standard high speed is available even to individual farms(which is still far faster than most us cities), and the major centers have a 5Mb connection for $50 C$(say 40 US$) So take a look at the map of Saskatchewan, cover the top half, consider the rest populated, and you have highspeed anywhere in that area for the same price. This is the difference to the US. I cannot even speculate as to what the problem is with our friends in the south, but they need to start looking elsewhere and really realize they are being left behind. As an aside, Take a look at Alberta cell coverage, and comare it to the avg US state, and you can see another area that seems out of whack to the rest of the world. This is just a reality check guys. Canada may rank 2nd in this report, but it does not tell you that the majority of those in the rural areas also have access to cheap high speed, and its growing everyday. I hope our American cousins find a way to pull themselves back to the top, they need it, and deserve it.
Thanks guys, for the clear, albiet subdued, insults of my place of residence. Perhaps you hsould visit, or at least investigate what we have to offer. Here is a sample: http://www.cls.usask.ca/ ya awful being so "backwoods";-)
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I had to spoil the glee felt by all the bio-diesel. Wow! Grow you fuel!! It must be good if you grow it!1 Of course, GMO crops would be unacceptable, cuz, ya know, it wouldn't be good fuelk if it was altered right?? Only organic for my VW I say!!!! Seriously, has anyone considered the amount of raw crop needed to fuel the cars in North America?? I did a rough calculation of this, based on avg yields, and the standard oil yields from that. While I will not post the results *they were rough*, but the data is available to do your own. To have any impact, biodiesel has to be in a majority of vehicles, and chances are, with the amount of tweaking needed on a standard engine, the same efficiency gains with standard diesel could be had. However, with the nimber of fast assed lazy people out there..maybe sacrificing food for fuels would be a good thing.
Ok all, I have been reading the posts on this topic and have reached my limit of /. patience!! What does it matter WHERE the majority of the Canadian populations lives. You seem to forget that while it is true the vast majority is near the border, that does not mean that the spaces in between are empty!! A good case in point would be Saskatchewan. Very large by US State standards, and broadband is available to any community with a school..and I know first hand that that includes communities with as little as 400 people, 60 miles from any other center, large or of similar size. I also believe that standard high speed is available even to individual farms(which is still far faster than most us cities), and the major centers have a 5Mb connection for $50 C$(say 40 US$) So take a look at the map of Saskatchewan, cover the top half, consider the rest populated, and you have highspeed anywhere in that area for the same price. This is the difference to the US. I cannot even speculate as to what the problem is with our friends in the south, but they need to start looking elsewhere and really realize they are being left behind. As an aside, Take a look at Alberta cell coverage, and comare it to the avg US state, and you can see another area that seems out of whack to the rest of the world. This is just a reality check guys. Canada may rank 2nd in this report, but it does not tell you that the majority of those in the rural areas also have access to cheap high speed, and its growing everyday. I hope our American cousins find a way to pull themselves back to the top, they need it, and deserve it.
Thanks guys, for the clear, albiet subdued, insults of my place of residence. Perhaps you hsould visit, or at least investigate what we have to offer. Here is a sample: http://www.cls.usask.ca/ ya awful being so "backwoods" ;-)