Petrol is running out, Do U KNOW WHERE I CAN GET AN DIFFERENT ENGINE THAT DOESNT USE ANY OIL BASED FUEL. (IE: ETHANOL), (HYDROGEN ETC.) THAT STILL HAS GRUNT AND CAN ROAR!
I suppose if it is available, best to change them now.
pod ·
there is an electric powered fasty for sale on here:thumb
sax ·
Should have no trouble finding a cheepy here which relies on the Flintstone
propulsion system.
EA81-D, came in FHI Forklifts in the early 80s. Run the bitch on filtered cooking oil. Makes about 40hp and should return about 5 mpg...
Jenny ·
What they said - convert to a diesel motor and run it on biodiesel to start and get it up to operating temperature then switch to straight vegie oil.
Plenty of info on how to do it.
Here's another article http://www.ata.org.au/articles/76veggieoil.pdf
bajachris88 ·
Hmm. Its a hard one. Ethanol sounds good though.
ClassicVW(pacific) ·
Oil isn't running out, not in our lifetime. I heard we have only tapped into about 5% of the oilfields already found.
I think its just a ploy to make us pay more for the stuff.
In the UK some guy ran his car on Pig sh**, one of the major companies bought the idea and shelved it.
How does 120h.p. sound running on my own backyard biodiesel. I can see T.D.I. engine conversions outnumbering subaru conversions when we hit $2 a litre. sssshhh just dont tell too many people your making your own fuel.
it used to be free last year, I should of copied it oh well it was a good read.
Doug Sweetman ·
Yep, good discussion topic, but dont be seriously concerned about Oil (and hence Petrol) running out in your lifetime (unless you live to about 200).
1. R / P ratios (reserves to Production) of crude oil has sat static at approx 40 years since the early 80's. So for 20 years we have been discovering and producing new resvoirs at the rate that old ones are drying up + meeting global growth.
2. As time goes on, cars WILL become more fuel efficient (ie think hybrids like the Prius and Honda Civic), thus helping to offset the fact that there will be more of them around. This should help slow down demand growth.
3. Once conventional oil supply starts to dwindle, the price will rise. Once the price gets high enough, it then becomes economically viable to implement technologies such as refining Shale Oils (difficult due to the high solids contents and misplaced media / greenie angst), Gas to Liquids (GTL) technoliges (ie reforming natural gas to petrol size molecules) and Solids to Liquids (ie making petrol and diesel from Coal and nat gas / CO2). All of these techniques are proven technologies (at pilot plant level) that are simply still too expensive to fly economically while the price of oil is still $50 odd a BBL. Another good one (my personal favourite) is refining Canola oil to diesel - anyone know any farmers (I do !!)
Petrol wont ever 'run out'. It will simply get so expensive that you will be better off converting your bug to electric power and installing a static hydrogen fuel cell to power your home and recharge your car (and heat your water too).