New Fuel

dowdy · 14-12-2009, 07:35 AM

Heres a scenario for you,all the oil reserves have well gone,what we going to use as fuel,hydrogen pellets,nuclear pods,solar panels,or go back to steam and chuck a load of logsin the boiler,think about it,the arabic nations are already in a fluster,its gonna happen,better get the chain saw out.

Jon Holmes · 14-12-2009, 08:41 AM

Well,

Im going to continue burning fossil fuels at an alarming rate until its all gone. I certainly aint going to worry about it now as that might spoil the fun im having burning fossil fuel! And when its gone, its gone! But i will have had a lot of pleasure whilst it was available.

Only time will tell what fuels catch on in the future, and i will be gone then anyway. But I feel sure that man will survive, adapt and continue on in his own way.

motorvator · 14-12-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dowdy

Heres a scenario for you,all the oil reserves have well gone,what we going to use as fuel,hydrogen pellets,nuclear pods,solar panels,or go back to steam and chuck a load of logsin the boiler,think about it,the arabic nations are already in a fluster,its gonna happen,better get the chain saw out.

Sails?

Jon Holmes · 14-12-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by motorvator

Sails?

Id sooner row!

motorvator · 14-12-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jon Holmes

Id sooner row!

I know, I had to go have a lie down after posting it

Jon Holmes · 14-12-2009, 04:49 PM

Though if it were sails or tubes . . . . . . id take sails, smoke a pipe and change my name to Rupert.

Mike Bontoft · 14-12-2009, 05:51 PM

Burty · 14-12-2009, 06:27 PM

there is loads and loads of oil left, enough for generations to come and thats just the stuff we already know about!! maybe there aint much left in the arab world but thats cus its piss easy to get out, there is loads up in the artic but its harder to get so at present not economically viable but i'm sure one day it will be!

baj666 · 14-12-2009, 06:40 PM

its only when you fly a long haul east or west that it amazes me by the vast land mass that has had no inpact from humans yet..and as stated above its only the "easy stuff" thats running low

uncledekka · 15-12-2009, 11:42 AM

I agree, the impending "oil shortage" is still a long way off. Until very recently an oil well was considered "dry" if oil stopped spurting out under pressure. The oil companies are now taking another look at these "dry" wells, because there's still billions of barrels down there- only now they'll have to work for their money by pumping it out.
(And don't forget shale oil!)
So you can stop measuring up for masts now

Tom Stone · 15-12-2009, 01:35 PM

i like to think that as others are making their carbon footprint smaller, i can make mine bigger

Ciao · 16-12-2009, 01:03 PM

For oil conspiracy theorists:

Collapse (2009/II)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1503769/

dowdy · 14-04-2010, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Burty

there is loads and loads of oil left, enough for generations to come and thats just the stuff we already know about!! maybe there aint much left in the arab world but thats cus its piss easy to get out, there is loads up in the artic but its harder to get so at present not economically viable but i'm sure one day it will be!

At £1.20 a litre think i will invest in a snow cat and get digging

larby · 15-04-2010, 08:36 PM

It's amazes me that we haven't yet come up with a way of creating 'petrol' that doesn't involve crude oil!

That said, it wouldn't really be in the interest of the political world to let that happen at the moment would it. Nothing is ever what it seems, especially with things like this!

James

The Docta · 16-04-2010, 12:09 PM

we have .... kind of.

Thats what biofuel is. Ethanol can be used in petrol combustion engines. Higher octane than petrol too!

larby · 16-04-2010, 09:22 PM

Hmmm, that's interesting, I've only ever heard of biofuel in diesel terms!

What does the petrol version come from then? Why aren't I making it at home yet?

James

PerformanceDodge · 17-04-2010, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by larby

Hmmm, that's interesting, I've only ever heard of biofuel in diesel terms!

What does the petrol version come from then? Why aren't I making it at home yet?

James

Ethanol is brewed from sugar same as alcohol. Brazil has been using it for years they currently blend 25% ethanol into their pump gasoline.

Its not made at home because it is cheaper just to take crude oil out of the ground, which allows more profit for the oil companies and more room for massive government tax.