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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by solzrules</i> <br /><br />I would rather the smell of hasbrowns! <br /> <br />Yeah, I think biodiesel could be the wave of the future. If everyone switches to biodiesel, then the price of that will skyrocket too. Maybe if only the rail and trucking industry switched to it? <br />[/quote]solz, Bio has a place but it is also a food sourse for people. Mabe a thought that might be considered would be the use of our abundant coal deposits. With the assistance of atomic heat sourses from the new reactor technologies being currently developed and studied, converted coal would make a very good synthetic diesel fuel. This is not really a new idea. Adolph Hitler was one that was behind the pioneering efforts in 1942-44 and powered his war machine with it (both diesel and gasoline). Needless to say those synthetic fuel plants were both a high priority and heavly defended as a targets of both the Royal, US 8th Air Forse and Luftwaffe (respectfully) during World War II. IF this technology were developed on a true industiral scale, We (the US) could tell a few folks to keep their oil, We have our own thank you very much. By the way that kind of solution would be a very pro-railroad type solution for haulage and usage not to mention a sourse of employment to engineering and construction types. . . My [2c]
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