Gas Prices Around the world

That's why I was asking. It's just what I heard, and I know any commodity that becomes in high demand will gain value. Also, as it was explained you can use any type of oil, like vegetable or conola oil, used or not.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

old diesel engines didnt need to be worked on to use vegetable oil

but the car co's figured out and changed it

to buy 2 gallons of unleaded in the UK cost me ?11.25 >.<

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I need a new sig

I have heard some stuff about using algae, and it sounds really promising, but I don't know much about it. I hope it's as good as you are indicating. That would be great!

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Some people are like slinkys...

They aren?t really good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one tumbles down the stairs.

Tracer Bullet said:
I have heard some stuff about using algae, and it sounds really promising, but I don't know much about it. I hope it's as good as you are indicating. That would be great!

PETA will put a stop to that!!! bastards....

"Don't kill algae for fuel!!! WAHH!!"

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Gas went down a few cents here, but its still WAY too expensive!

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

i have read this topic with interest, from the point of view that i've been studying these subjects at uni the past 2 years. i have to say i agree with Tracer's comments and corrections. i'll add a few more thoughts:

• nuclear has indeed a high value. Both economically and ecologically (no greenhouse gas emmisions -Kyoto). However, it's not a good idea to have ALL our energy come from them, for 2 main reasons:

1) never put all your eggs in the same basket, makes you vulnerable.

2) nuclear plants are great for the baseload of energy demand, but they are too slow/uneconomic to compensate hour-to-hour (15mins in fact) fluctuations in the demand.

• investing in renewable energy (wind, water, solar) is a good thing, but all have their limitations (to be extremely short: wind: placement/environment, water: placement/environment, solar: cost) and are unable to compensate the big boys. still its good to have them as a growing share of the energy supply. Kyoto is a good stimulus.

• coal is becoming cheap relative to e.g. oil due to the market and due to high efficiency technologies, but has a higher penalty on environment (CO2).

• price caps and government intervention are economically not a good thing. Look at the California energy crisis a few years ago. In relation to ecological effects, it's better to let the market work on its own by having a tradable green-permit system.

• Things like fuel-cells / hydrogen are unfortunately uneconomic at this time, but technologies that do offer better solutions are e.g. Cogeneration (electricity + use of "waste" heat) , STEG, ...

a sad story: In belgium, the green party managed to have to government close down the power plants by the year 2015 and beyond. This intention was based solely on ideological reasons. the truth is that this, combined with Kyoto, will make our energy bill unbelievably high. i hope they review this matter.

In conclusion i would like to share TB's comment on ITER and look hopefully at what it might bring.

edit: STEG = steam + gas

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