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Guys I am still waiting. I will trade my car in tommorrow if you can show me evidence that it will really have an impact. The fuel mileage isn't really any better with a hybrid. So the consumption rate isn't going to be helped. Please just give me one credible source that can't be proven wrong or a reasonable alternative.
 
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Guys I am still waiting. I will trade my car in tommorrow if you can show me evidence that it will really have an impact. The fuel mileage isn't really any better with a hybrid. So the consumption rate isn't going to be helped. Please just give me one credible source that can't be proven wrong or a reasonable alternative.

And don't forget that the manufacturing and disposal process for the batteries in hybrids is more toxic than just running an internal combustion engine for its lifetime.

And CO2 in water caused by humans? Un-huh...what about the damage mother nature does to herself in her natural cycle. Go look at the amount of heavy metals and CO2 emissions your run of the mill volcano has. Then consider that they are finding more and more active undersea volcanos...Then buy into their scare tactics and go buy a toyota prius :lol: :shakehead
 
Hybrid cars are quite nice, but I would prefer a Fuel Cell car over a hybrid. Not till alot more time is spent in R&D will it really catch on IMO. The tech for Hybrids is too new, there is ALOT of improvement required before its efficient enough. Same with Fuel Cells and any other electric cars. The motors are not technologically advanced enough to really be worth switching.

Just a thought, but imagine going to a Formula 1 Track and the cars are electrically driven... Would be weird not hearing the nice whinny V8's, instead, your gonna hear the wheels screeching, and maybe a buzzing sound from the motor.

To anyone who does switch to hybrid or electric, Congrats for thinking green :)

-Sparki
 
Actually, our current "fuel demand" for automobiles is the great waste-disposal opportunity given today's technology.

My personal car is a Volkswagen Golf, which I run on 100% biodiesel. This requires no modification of the car, and the fuel is produced entirely from vegetable oil. Curret farming practice yeilds oil mainly from corn & soy, but if the demand rises there's a larger potential in mustard seed and oil-bearing algae.

The algae process is particularly fascinating. Special algae are farmed in large clear-walled tanks, which allow sunlight in. Waste CO2 (from fossil-fueled power plants) and nutrients (from sewage treatment plants or farm waste) are the nutrient source. "Ripe" algae is strained off and pressed for oil - some new breeds (non-bioengineered) of algae are producing more than 50% oil by weight. This oil is processed into biodiesel. Extra bonus: the algae also absorb a lot of NOx (smog causing oxides of nitrogen) as well as CO2.

This process adds no CO2 to the atmosphere. The CO2 was captured from an existing source to form the hydrocarbon (oil) and then is re-released when burned in your car. Then it's recaptured in next year's oil-producing crop, such as corn or soybeans. Thus, a true CO2 - crop - fuel - co2 - crop - fuel... cycle, instead of a one-way fossil fuel to atmospheric co2 conveyor belt we've been riding.

The beauty of it is, this technology is here today and it works. My car/tractor/RV, my brother's car, and many of my friend's & family's cars are already using it.

Sorry for the rant, but this seems like a good time to raise awareness. Anything we can do to stop the CO2-driven acidification of the oceans, and to USE some of this excess nutrient instead of dumping it is vitally important to the future of our oceans.

More information (or PM me!)
http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html
http://www.americanenergyindependence.com/biodiesel.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0111/p01s03-sten.html

and
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2005/06/university_of_n.html
with photos of a working algae tank farm attached to a power plant!
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/peregrine/

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