$3 Gallon Gasoline? Consider the Alternative: The Garage Filling Station

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$3 Gallon Gasoline? Time to Consider the Alternative: The Garage Filling Station (GFS)

by William L. Seavey

The Garage Filling Station (GFS) is far from fantasy. For the millions who already own diesel vehicles, you can order the equipment to manufacture your own "biodiesel" on site, in amounts up to 40 gallons in as little as 24 hours, and for as little as 70 cents a gallon TODAY.

Biodiesel production is quietly going on all over the U.S. as I write and it's nothing like the manufacture of petroleum diesel. Rudolf Diesel invented his engine to RUN on peanut oil. Biodiesel can be made from almost any vegetable oil, including discarded fryer oils, along with a little methanol and lye. It burns efficiently, with very few pollutants. It even smells good (like french fries). There are no safety issues in storing it, and it has a very long shelf life, unlike gasoline. It is a perfect do-it-yourself project for anyone who likes to tinker.

People have nearly forgotten, if they ever knew, that until recently three major manufacturers produced all electric passenger vehicles, the EV1 (GM), Ranger (Ford), and Rav 4 (Toyota). All could negotiate highway speeds, and ranged up to 125 miles on a charge. Yet there has been a concerted effort in recent years to REMOVE all these cars from the marketplace, despite the fact that they were very popular among those who leased them. As I write they are being withdrawn, and destroyed. Conspiracy, anyone? They could all plug in to standard 110 or 220 outlets in your garage, and charge overnight on off-peak grid power (or, better, solar panels). Some small maufacturers I know about are making all electric cars, or converting gasoline to electric, but the big boys dropped the ball, big time. Why?

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Not only can you fuel your vehicle at home, the range of this vehicle is 200 miles, at a cost of HALF of what you would pay for gasoline at the present time. You will be the envy of your neighbors with such a car, and a garageable system that pumps gas right where you live.

If all this doesn't make you wonder why we aren't running around in cars fueled at home (the automakers say we don't want to do this--poppycock), there is yet another possibility. Flex fuel vehicles are cars and trucks that can run on both gasoline or ethanol (a derivative of alcohol). A blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline (E85) is standard, and could possibly be made at home. (It's the GASOLINE component that worries me). I know someone who swears that most cars could run on 100% alcohol fuel with a few modifications. Do you have such a fuel in your home?
Think your medicine cabinet.

http://www.energybulletin.net/7985.html

[Cha]

1. And it's not illegal

like Moonshine was?

[LuckyTheDog]

2. Biodiesel ROCKS

We have the technology. We should make a national commitment to it NOW.

We should be retrofitting existing cars (assuming that is possible), requiring new cars to run on flex fuel and producing as much biodieses as we can.

[wli]

3. gearing up for a big oil gouge, of course n/t

[greenman3610]

4. two relatives of mine

have bought diesel Jettas, and
have the list of bio stations near them.
You can go online and find bio
filling stations, that range from
a few percent bio to 100 percent.