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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 06:52 PM Original message |
Why Wal-Mart wants to sell ethanol |
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ThingsGottaChange (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is this a bad thing? n/t |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. yeah, this is bad how? It's going to take a BIG DISTRIBUTOR.. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. does my posting here imply that it could only be a bad thing? |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. No, not you... I was just anticipating the fallout... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. it's too bad it has to be the "Wallites," though, and not the people's |
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matt819 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hold on a sec |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You can check here |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. hmmm.... maybe this is the source they used for the article? |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Most likely... n/m |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-10-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It also shows few US vehicles with E85 capability |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Question: Does anyone know if you can retrofit a car .. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That is indeed the question |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Right now .. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. here's the main biofuels place in L.A.: |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Hmmm ... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. I asked a fleet mechanic about this |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. can't you make ethanol from algae and hemp? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not If You Need Much Of It |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. um, wouldn't algae be fairly plentiful? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Don't try to argue with Peak oil doomers like that poster. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. soil fertility=fertilizers |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. There are environmentally friendly forms of replacing soil fertility. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Ok |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. but it's not the same "Square one" represented by corn |
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Rosco T. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Bullshit..... |
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hamerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I've read ethanol |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. ethanol from food waste? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Ethanol takes more energy to produce than it yields. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. That assertion has been disproven many times in the Enviroment Forum. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 01:59 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I know you know as well as I do |
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Melynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-11-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wal-Mart wants to corner the Ethanol market |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-12-06 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
33. That's the problem with conglomerations of power that have grown too big |
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