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If you are in one of the 22 (or so) states that have their primary voting today, please do so!
If you are in one of the 22 (or so) states that have their primary voting today, please do so!
Neil Blanchard wrote:It has a 926-pound curb weight, gets 125mpg, and seats four -- what's not to like?!
* A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power plants could supply 69 percent of the U.S.’s electricity and 35 percent of its total energy by 2050.
* A vast area of photovoltaic cells would have to be erected in the Southwest. Excess daytime energy would be stored as compressed air in underground caverns to be tapped during nighttime hours.
* Large solar concentrator power plants would be built as well.
* A new direct-current power transmission backbone would deliver solar electricity across the country.
* But $420 billion in subsidies from 2011 to 2050 would be required to fund the infrastructure and make it cost-competitive.
A recent study in Scientific American calls for 30,000 square miles of solar or photovoltaic panels to soak up the sun's rays in the American Southwest to provide America with all its energy needs. The plan would cost $400 billion, create 3 million new "green" jobs and shut down all of the country's coal plants. Ken Zweibel, lead author of the Scientific American study, tells us about his dream to switch America onto solar power.
Mark F. Madura wrote:I came across this site that is maintained jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov
Mark F. Madura wrote:I came across this site that is maintained jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The site helps fulfill DOE and EPA’s responsibility under the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992 to provide accurate MPG information to consumers.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov
FWIW,
Nick Pyner wrote:I see that liquified petroleum gas doesn't rate much of a mention. I thought North America was quite well endowed with the stuff. I suppose the ethanol mafia keep the lid on it........My current truck was on LPG (Propane) from 1993 about 2004 and it was great for the most part other than I had a huge tank in the bed of my truck. Up until around 2004 Propane was much cheaper as an auto fuel than gasoline, about $1.00 per gallon vs. gas at the time was about $2.20. But when gasoline prices started to climb Propane when into some really weird fluctuations for motor fuel. It jumped up and down and often would be higher than gasoline. By that time I decided to replace my engine and decided I would switch to gasoline because I was moving away from any major propane filling stations. I do miss Propane and still wish I had kept the conversion kit. I could fill up my 80 gal tank 80% and run for about 850-975 miles on a single fill up which was probably one of the best perks. Mileage wasn't so great but the price was for a long time and the emissions were so low most smog stations could not get reading on about 3 of the emissions test. Unfortunately now with the truck converted back to gas the truck registers "normal" (gas hog) on the emissions test, and now almost every morning when I read the forum I feel guilty about just having driven to work because I'm killing baby rabbits with my gross polluter.
joshhuggins wrote:Nick Pyner wrote:I see that liquified petroleum gas doesn't rate much of a mention. .By that time I decided to replace my engine and decided I would switch to gasoline because I was moving away from any major propane filling stations.:
Nick Pyner wrote:Or are you in a remote area and the truck never strays too far from the farm?I was.
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