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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: JackL on August 17, 2008, 04:44:04 PM



Title: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: JackL on August 17, 2008, 04:44:04 PM
Screw drilling, this is where it is at!


http://gcep.stanford.edu/research/factsheets/microbial_synthesis.html




"Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new method for producing next-generation biofuels by genetically modifying Escherichia coli bacteria to be an efficient biofuel synthesizer. The method could lead to mass production of these biofuels."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080106202952.htm


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: Shotgun on August 25, 2008, 07:59:22 PM
Nice


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: billabongcr on August 25, 2008, 08:11:47 PM
wont happen. just like the time the ex world record dragracer invented a carb to go on a 350 V8 engine and test after test it was proven to get 80mpg without losing horsepower. then one day he suddenly "lost" the plans to it and the prototype. insurance coverup FTW!


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: mudnuri on August 25, 2008, 08:22:04 PM
which racer? Big Daddy?
I know there are simple inventions that will give current vehicles better mileage.


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: JackL on August 25, 2008, 08:47:58 PM
wont happen. just like the time the ex world record dragracer invented a carb to go on a 350 V8 engine and test after test it was proven to get 80mpg without losing horsepower. then one day he suddenly "lost" the plans to it and the prototype. insurance coverup FTW!


These bacteria are eating up sugar and crapping diesel. It is almost the same process yeast uses to convert sugar to our favorite alcoholic beverages. This will most certainly be providing fuel in the future, way to much money at stake here. This isn't some mythical magic carburetor, this is real science at work.



Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: billabongcr on August 26, 2008, 11:46:45 AM
and just like everything else, it will be covered up, phased out or ignored. you think the multibillion dollar oil companies are going to let something else come out and that will take their money? it wont happen. dont get me wrong, im all for putting bacteria crap through my motor if its cheap and makes it go, but its just not going to happen. just like the biodesiel pumps that were supposed to be at every station by now, even ethanol..look how long it took for that to be availiable after the hype. our gas stations back home just started distributing that not too long ago.


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: JackL on August 26, 2008, 05:46:10 PM
and just like everything else, it will be covered up, phased out or ignored. you think the multibillion dollar oil companies are going to let something else come out and that will take their money? it wont happen. dont get me wrong, im all for putting bacteria crap through my motor if its cheap and makes it go, but its just not going to happen. just like the biodesiel pumps that were supposed to be at every station by now, even ethanol..look how long it took for that to be availiable after the hype. our gas stations back home just started distributing that not too long ago.



I don't know, ethanol seems to be doing pretty good. I noticed this just today.

(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/kr-yppy/IMG_0892.jpg)

I think the difference with this technology is that very big money is at stake, and everyone knows oil is a finite resource. The world will eventually run out for sure.

The gene is out of the bottle. No amount of money could ever put it back. Check this out.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.newfuel15jun15,0,7178061.story


".....The three-hour test flight of the Boeing 747 could mark one of the more promising - and more unusual - steps by the airline industry to find cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuel.

"We're confident that the test will go well," said David Morgan, Air New Zealand's general manager for airline operations, before leading visitors to a farm here where the weeds are being researched.

If the flight is successful, he said, "It'll be a real milestone not only for Air New Zealand but for aviation."

The secret: oil from poisonous seeds of the jatropha tree, which grows in warm climates.

For the past year, scientists here have been perfecting a process for turning the oil into jet fuel. Last week, the airline announced plans to use this new fuel for 10 percent of its needs by 2013.

The jatropha-refined fuel is significantly cheaper than crude oil. It could cost an estimated $43 a barrel, or about one-third the cost of a barrel of crude oil.

The test flight is particularly noteworthy because it will come at a time when ethanol and other biofuels have come under increasing scrutiny because of their side effects.

Production of ethanol has been blamed for corn shortages that have contributed to higher food prices."


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: jrpro130 on August 26, 2008, 05:59:54 PM
Is that the ugas on hallandale? My truck is flex fuel so I was thinking about trying it ;)


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: klutchbuster400 on August 26, 2008, 06:58:24 PM
Looks like the U-gas right after the bridge near Goleman.
Is there any cons to that E-45? Can I just pull up in my v8 and pump that gas to my truck?


Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: JackL on August 26, 2008, 10:57:08 PM
Is that the ugas on hallandale? My truck is flex fuel so I was thinking about trying it ;)

That is Hialeah. Right off 138th st & 87th ave. Last south bound exit on I-75.


Looks like the U-gas right after the bridge near Goleman.
Is there any cons to that E-45? Can I just pull up in my v8 and pump that gas to my truck?

E-85 is 85% ethanol, 15% gas. I tuned my Suburban to run it, but I only could squeeze 13 mpg out of it so I went back to regular. It has far less energy potential so unless you have a flex fuel vehicle or do some serious tuning to your computer it will run like crap and get terrible mileage. It can also screw up your seals, but I haven't experienced that....yet.




Title: Re: I told you $0.90 cent a gallon synthetic fuel was on the way.
Post by: klutchbuster400 on August 27, 2008, 04:59:32 PM
Dang that sucks. At 3.37 I can pay for my books instead of gas lol.