OT oil shortage was: Celebration (Not intended to be offensive, possible humor)

From: joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Mon Jul 9 10:57:49 2001

At 01:06 AM 7/10/01 +1000, Terry wrote:
>Chad Fernandez wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure what you mean..... are you saying you run your car on the
> > oil that potatoe chips are cooked in?? Isn't it kind of thick? Is that
> > what you are calling,"biodiesel"?
>
>Yep, you can. We even know about that in Oz.
>Alternate Technology Assn has had recipes in their mag.
>
>Also, some country petrol (gas) has 10-20% (?) Ethanol in it here.


     They tried that here but ran into too many problems with it. Besides
costing about 20% more than straight gas, it gave slightly worse mileage
and it damaged a lot of stuff in the fuel system. It was particularly rough
on fuel injectors and any "rubber" parts. I tried the stuff in my old car
and found that it ran cooler. In fact, it ran too cool to operate properly.

      Joe
Received on Mon Jul 09 2001 - 10:57:49 BST