The next time I see something on the news about hybrids, or hydrogen, I'm going to puke. If you know me, you know I'm a diesel guy. I drive a diesel Jetta, and I write software for diesel trucks. It might come as a suprise to some people, but clean, efficient, sustainable transportation is out there for the taking, and it has been for a long time.
If you think I'm kidding, look here.
Every once in a while, you'll see Velvetfoot, Jonathon Bartlett or watercop post about their 60+ mpg cars... of which a few are 8 or 9 years old. Plus, they're 100% compatible with biodiesel, which is clean, renewable and sustainable.
Just a few notes about renewable vs. sustainable. Petroleum is a renewable resource. Sadly, I don't have that much time. Solar energy is sustainable... meaning, you can keep using it until the cows come home, and you don't have to worry about it running out. Your great, great, great, great (ad infinitum) grandchildren might, but you don't.
So, next time someone starts blabbering on about renewable fuels, remind them that we already have renewable fuels, what we need are sustainable ones.
OK, rant's over, back to your lives.
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