[GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car

[Professor Inuyasha]

guys, what about car run with LN2?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Rick Vargo <rick at vargo.org> wrote:
> The technology is not currently available for converting switch grass
> into alcohol. So it will probably be the most efficient when they work
> it out.
>
> Rick
>
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> Bill_Raterink at spartanstores.com wrote:
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>> I had seen a documentary that said switch grass was the most efficient
>> biofuel.
>>
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>> From:         Rick Vargo <rick at vargo.org>
>> To:   grlug at grlug.org
>> Date:         11/19/2008 02:51 PM
>> Subject:      Re: [GRLUG] OFF TOPIC Electric Car
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>> Corn is a terrible bio fuel you can only get about 700 gallons from an
>> acre. Sugar cane is the best. Around here, the best thing to grow for a
>> bio fuel is probably sugar beats. I think an acre will make about 1700
>> gallons of alcohol.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> Michael Mol wrote:
>> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Collin Kidder <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> An electric motor can be made darn near 100% efficient. As a bonus
>> >> electrical lines are found almost everywhere. It's like a built in gas
>> >> station in every building you see. So, I do believe that electric cars
>> >> will end up being the way forward.
>> >>
>> >
>> > It remains to be seen how efficiently synthetic hydrocarbon fuels can
>> > be made; If those can be made sufficiently efficient, powering cars
>> > off the grid won't work.
>> >
>> > Granted, corn doesn't appear to be getting us off to a good start.
>> >
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