Bianca Lannier: i got a book to learn how to do this and you need a garage or workshop because the process is only worth doing if you have HUGE amounts. It is quite an elaborate process, takes time and effort and knowhow.Als, fresh oil can only be put straight in when it has been heated, or else it is too viscous, so you need some extra thing that heats the oil before it gets too the engine, and fresh oil is not cost effective anyway.I decided to not do it - I don't have a car....Show more
Claudio Drullard: the goverment doesnt try to stop stuff like that.why would they care? the oil companies cant do anything about it either.
Claire Billegas: It can only be done by some Diesel engines, not all. How many cars do you know with the right type of engine? I, by accident own one of these cars (a VW passat diesel from 2000, the present Passat are NOT suitable) and have tried it, it works but the engine has a bit less power and smells funny!
Micah Schwarcz: I t! hink many governments realize that oil is such a volatile commodity, that alternative fuel vehicles will allow them to create some economic stability. In other words, if gas prices are high, alternate fuel vehicles could use other fuels instead.The oil industry realizes that the development of non-hydrogen alternative fuel vehicles are an indication of their eventual demise. I believe the reason why hydrogen fuel cells was/is so highly touted, was due to in part, the oil industry. The oil industry realized that if hydrogen fuel cells were to become popular, their business could still be a part of it (oil could be used to make hydrogen)....Show more
Barton Slisz: I don't know, but can I get a tin foil hat like yours to keep them from reading my brain waves??
Arnoldo Budzynski: What will be essential is for alternative-fuel vehicles to be BETTER than regular vehicles.Americans won't accept a worse car, and fortunately they don't have to. We have the engineerin! g know-how to make better cars using alternative technologies,! and to show the world how to as well. Just a tiny example: The Silverado hybrid full-size pickup includes a big 2500 watt inverter powered off the main battery pack, so you can run your jobsite or campsite directly off the truck. That means no $$$ or hassles for a power company drop or Honda generator. That's a great example of "Better"....Show more
Maritza Ebanks: 4 reasons I can think of.1, the conversion kits are hard to come by and install by yourself2, any warranties the car has would be voided3, vegetable oil isn't much cheaper and in some cases more expensive than gas4, gas stations don't sell vegetable oil by the gallon, you might find yourself stranded and smelling like burnt fries....Show more
Bob Pucella: Try a product called 'Dry Gas', which is a form of alcohol that allows the water to burn as fuel. http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0PDoQ6U2EtQ0g...
Palmira Lochridge: hate them
Marcellus Exler:
Inge Mclaurine: A) the cars ha! ve to be made as diesels. B) diesel cars are rare. C) it takes many gallons of veggy oil (biodiesel) a week, and that has to be processed to a degree. there is a growing number of bio-diesel processors, as the need is growing, but you need a base of diesel vehicles to utilize this new source of fuel.
Charline Granes: The resolve does seems to be gaining momentum. I also see general acceptance that global warming is occuring, but claiming that its not our fault. We will continue to be oil dependent for the next 10 or 20 years at least. There is resolve to be less dependant. Your term "alienate" I take it to mean complete going away from oil. I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Lita Thammorongsa: Of course not. And, "we" won't have that resolve, until Big Oil spends as much $$$ to develop those alternate fuels as they do finding new oil fields.
Francis Stickle: No, we don't. Because it would mean a substantial decrease in the availablity of fuel, ! most vehicles would become worthless overnight, and we would have lines! waiting for these alternative fuels which we CANNOT produce enough of, no matter how much you'd like to believe otherwise.Oh, and it would be far more expensive....Show more
Dan Seen: It depends upon how much water there is in the tank. For some situations the addition of ethyl alcohol will absorb the water and then be burned up with the fuel. This is the chemical basis of "Dry Gas." But there is a limit to how much alcohol can be added before it may present some harm to a conventional engine. If you consider that water in the tank may also be associated with other debris that should be physically removed then the alternative is to drain the tank flush it and reseal it. In most cases this could be done with the tank in the vehicle but is some situations it may require removing the tank.
Shena Etulain: Governments, sure. They know global warming is real, and that oil is sure to get very expensive.I don't think the oil companies are powerful enough to sto! p this. They certainly can't convince governments to not go that way.
Colby Millberg:
Wally Gower: They don't (governments nor oil companies) have the power to stop it. The market will deliver when it is time.
Manie Labat: We have had the technology for years. We have had the knowledge for years. We haven't done sh*t yet. So, probably not.
Somer Distilo: In the past no,Now I don`t think they have a choice,but to allow it.
Pei Heatherly:
Alvaro Oare: remove the tank and drain it? siphon with a water hose?
Cordia Fivecoat: in basic terms placed it in. initiate with a small volume mixed which contain your diesel (say 10%) then artwork your way up. as quickly as the vehicle starts faltering truly you have got here upon the shrink. so a strategies as i understand the VAG TDi engines are truly stable on veggie oil. in case you reside someplace very chilly you ought to to get a 2d gasoline tank and heater kit nevertheless. To the bloke! decrease than who says veggie oil will corrode your gasoline lines - e! asily this is any opposite direction around, biodiesel does that, veggie oil is inert. in case you opt to run biodiesel in a clean TDi you would be high quality nevertheless, VW easily reccomend interior the U. S. which you upload some bio....Show more
Marhta Teahan: Because of the price of vegetable oil is higher per gallon then diesel fuel, (with the taxes added if you don’t pay the tax on vegetable oil when you use it as fuel you can go to jail).Also it would pull food out of the supply chain.Now if you really want something to think about, a while back (1970’s) the government started a program to produce oil from algae. This was in response to the oil “shortageâ€. With your tax dollars they found a strain of algae that would produce 50% of its weight in oil. There were a few small test plants in universities. But the price of oil went up and the “shortage†suddenly disappeared and the need for us to become self-sufficient disappeared also. Had the gover! nment continued the program we wouldn’t need much if any fuel oil. You can grow algae in places where normal food crops won’t grow and thus not use food for fuel. There have been studies that conclude we could grow enough algae to supply ALL our fuel needs and heat our home. But at the time the price of algae oil was projected to be more then crude oil so the government pulled the funding. Of course this would mean most cars would be diesel, but does it really matter if you use gasoline or diesel to go from place to place.Also without the need for much oil, we wouldn’t need to police the entire world to ensure the world has a steady supply, but without the will, it’s not going to happen. Hopefully the people working on producing algae oil will meet with success and with the high price of crude oil might even make a few dollars. Because if they can make a profit then people will flock to it and we would be all but free from crude oil. It’s a nice dream and I hope i! t comes true, but while I’m dreaming I want a pony too....Show more
Lauri Ohl: Of cause they wont! there is too much profit in oil for them!
Anton Waln: We'd better have the resolve. Anyone that says differently doesn't understand the most critical point of fossil fuels-they're non-renewable. The internal combustion engine as we know it today-the gasoline engine, which led to the widespread use of oil-is just over 145 years old, when the world population wasn't much higher than 1 billion. To keep things simple when thinking about the rate of fuel consumption assume that it was immediately as prominent as it is today. (It wasn't-it was almost 50 years before antitrust legislation was passed against Standard Oil, oil having taken close to that long to be able to act like a trust)80 years ago the world's population reached 2 billion, about the same time that the internal combustion engine reached a level of use approximating current levels. Today the world population is around 6.5 billion and should double in around 60 years. I! n less than 20 years (maybe as litle as 4)half the world's total oil reserves-every bit that has ever existed-will be exhausted (this includes deep sea oil, sand oil and other sources that are difficult to find and/or extract--more than half of the stuff that's easy to get is already gone). By that time (20 years) the world's population will be well past 7 billion, and may have reached 8 billion. Given current consumption levels the total oil reserves will be exhausted well before the world's population doubles.The reason world population has grown so much in the past 80 years is an incredibly expanded ability to grow food. The reason the food supply has grown is oil.People that pay attention to these things anticipate massive stockpiling once it's confirmed that the world's reserves drop below 50%, which will be reflected in gas prices blowing past 20$/gallon. On top of that obvious cost, we'll be unable to grow food at anything near today's levels, and the potential f! or massive starvation could easily become quite real. Before the wides! pread use of oil the world was able to grow enough food to feed less than 2 billion people. Our food production capabilities will fall to that same level, if not lower, if food production remains hugely dependent on oil.Unfortunately some people actually believe 'necessity is the mother of invention.' Necessity has led to next to nothing. It's more like the deadbeat dad....Show more
Sena Highman: Definitely, I don't think it is in our politicians best interests to let down their best charitable contributors though.
Carlton Lastrapes: Governments and Oil companies have very little to do with it. When alternatives are developed that are practicle and cost effective they will be used.Stop and think. Lets take Japan as an example. Japan is about the size of California with a population like the U S. They have very few natural resources in terms of fossil fuels. They can't even produce enough food for themselves. They have a very well educated and trained society. ! Some of the best engineers and scientists in the world. Japan has had very high fuel prices for many years. They only survive via there industry producing goods to sell. Industry needs power. Do you really think the oil companies or car companies could stop inventions that would reduce fossil fuels usage in Japan? What about all the other conuntries around the world that have fine engineers and scientists?...Show more
Jodie Capella: i haven't seen a vegtable oil pump at any gas stations.. i don't think my car is set up for running on that either lol.
Eleni Mccier: I don't know. Most of the alternative fuel cars are just kind of crappy. I mean we could be driving electric cars, but then we have to build more coal fired electric plants and then we have more pollution. That doesn't solve much. Call me crazy.
Linwood Mccory: If they were willing or able to do so they would have long ago. We had a major crisis in the 70's and little or nothing was done ab! out it. I have known ways to get the energy back from braking (now com! monly used to energize battery cells in hybrids) for more than 20 years.The big companies have huge lobbying capability and they use it very well (to our detriment).I am a Professional Civil Engineer in Orlando, FLhttp://www.mckeonengineering.comhttp://www.engineertrades.com (forum for engineering type discussions run by me)...Show more
Jesse Japak: Because you need a different sort of engine to run it. Basically "vegetable oil" fuel would be one of three types you could use in a DIESEL engine.First it could be fuel mixed with vegetable oil, which is more viscous (thicker) than regular gasoline is. You're still mixing with some fossil fuel source.Second is running straight vegetable oil. In this case, you need a specially modified SVO engine with specialized injectors and such which will heat the oil before it is used. These engines can be single or double--a double where a fossil fuel is used to heat the oil, single where a different system is, but no fossil fuel is ! used.Third option is biodiesel fuel. This must be processed before being used as fuel.Biodiesel should NOT be confused with ethanol, which to me is an amazingly poor choice for a fuel. Besides the fact it IS pushing up the price of food (we eat the grain and we need it also for livestock), the BTU output is not impressive, it can't be piped but has to be transported, etc.Frankly, my personal choice for fuel efficiency is to go with diesel engines (majority of cases. Not into totalitarianism) and use biodiesel....Show more
Cierra Gadbaw: Think for a moment:For nearly a century, technology has built industry around the gasoline engine. To have cars run off of vegetable oil would require paying research scientists to come up with a viable engine design, which would cost tons of money. Then, tell the car manufacturers to radically alter their production capabilities to change engines to vegetable oil as a fuel. This would impact the corporate profit margin by a HUGE degre! e, which could likely drive struggling auto-makers and engine maker com! panies right out of business when Research and Development costs outweigh current sales volumes. It's really just about money, thats why....Show more
Fannie Collingwood: The best way to make alternative energy economically feasible is to make gasoline economically unattractive. The best way to do that is to tax the daylights out of it. If a person wants to drive an Expedition or a Hummer, he certainly should be able to, if he can afford the gas. Using taxes to force social change is nothing new. The US wanted to encourage home ownership, so they allowed homebuyers to deduct interest on mortgages. Government-mandated fuel efficiency standards on auto manufacturers is dumb, because the manufacturers don't buy the cars, they sell them. Europe and Japan have substantial gas taxes, and they use much less gasoline per capita than we do. A tax on gasoline doesn't have to be a tax increase - it can be "revenue neutral", by decreasing the income tax taken from individua! ls. That way, a person who uses a less than average amount of fuel will actually pay less taxes than he/she does now. Once America gets serious about conserving gas (through taxation), we will be able to pursue alternate energy sources. By the way, ultimately, the best source of energy will be advanced battery technology, not ethanol, hydrogen, biomass, natural gas, etc....Show more
Clare Hoard: In free societies, governments have little or no say in what becomes popular. Oil companies could not care less as they will be the supplier of what ever energy source is in use. You need to get past these immature conspiracy theory ideas.
Cole Desher: Are you kidding? We don't even have the resolve to observe the speed limit, ignoring the admonitions of Sir Isaac Newton and claiming our SUVs are "tuned" and "geared" to get the best gas mileage at 65-70 MPH.
Barrett Felicia: Yes,Corporations exist to serve peoples' needs. If the American public wants an alter! native fuel car, car companies will try hard to get one on the market. ! Right now, they are too expensive.
Dallas Bartolini: Cars cannot run off of vegetable oil without expensive modifications. Vegetable oil is also more expensive than diesel oil.
