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Topic: Al Gore - Wants no FF for electric w/in 10 years . . . |
Pholostan
Replies: 107
Views: 5123
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:12 am Subject: Re: Al Gore - Wants no FF for electric w/in 10 years . . . |
Blah blah blah.
Gore is right. We need to conserve and stop using fossil fuels. It is really simple people. Don't shoot the messenger.
And I think people need visions and inspiration. Does it ma ... |
Topic: My Car |
Pholostan
Replies: 45
Views: 2325
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:42 am Subject: Re: My Car |
It was perfect for hauling me and six of my closest friends...
And the trunk was big enough to sleep two comfortably...
-G
I like big cars, especially a older american cars. Ford ... |
Topic: My Car |
Pholostan
Replies: 45
Views: 2325
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:35 pm Subject: Re: My Car |
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~widmark/lada/pics/Bucklan_fin.JPG
VAZ 21023
About 30 US MPG highway. On Ethanol  |
Topic: Another Gasoline Record |
Pholostan
Replies: 547
Views: 47913
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:15 am Subject: Re: Another Gasoline Record |
Gasoline still stuck at $3.99... Hasn't budged for weeks now. Thought it would have jumped a week ago.
The quiet before the storm. Gas has more solidly hit 14 SEK/liter here in Sweden. Many go on ... |
Topic: Denmark in recession |
Pholostan
Replies: 12
Views: 1754
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Forum: Europe Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:01 pm Subject: Re: Denmark in recession |
| In the last couple of months or so the unenployment rate has increased here in Sweden. Signs of recession here too. |
Topic: Gasoline and Diesel Thefts Thread |
Pholostan
Replies: 63
Views: 5269
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:51 am Subject: Re: Gasoline and Diesel Thefts Thread |
Even if the sugar doesn't seize the engine, it can't be good for it! I would advise against putting sugar in the gas tank. Even to test this myth out.
Yeah, it might clog the fuel filter or such. ... |
Topic: Gasoline and Diesel Thefts Thread |
Pholostan
Replies: 63
Views: 5269
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:19 pm Subject: Re: Gasoline and Diesel Thefts Thread |
I then poured a couple of pounds of sugar into the tank.
To find your thieve all you had to do was drive up and down the roads looking for someone with a piece of 2X4 and a sledge hammer trying t ... |
Topic: Obama backs Israel uber alles |
Pholostan
Replies: 71
Views: 3446
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:54 am Subject: Re: Obama backs Israel uber alles |
| I have no problem with jews. My problem is with the state of Israel. Plain and simple. Everyone who supports the state of Israel might have an argument with me. Might they be jews, christians, martian ... |
Topic: Graeme's Energy News Releases |
Pholostan
Replies: 67
Views: 3186
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:58 am Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia Plans Increase in Oil Output |
I'm wondering what exactly "start soon" means. Next month? Next year? Next decade?
Edit: SA might increase production, but I'm sceptic untill they say something official. "People in the know" doesn ... |
Topic: Another Gasoline Record |
Pholostan
Replies: 547
Views: 47913
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:18 pm Subject: Re: Another Gasoline Record |
| Gasoline prices jumped a little here too last few days. Even the cheapest unmanned stations are close to 13 SEK, 12.80 was the best i could find. That's over $2 per liter or just at $8 per gallon. The ... |
Topic: Another Record ($143.67) |
Pholostan
Replies: 2569
Views: 207276
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:18 pm Subject: Re: Another Record ($122.35) |
The operative words here are" "has been." Non-US countries are not immune from future raises in price.
Of course not. I think gas and diesel will hit $10 per gallon in todays dollars in a year ... |
Topic: Another Gasoline Record |
Pholostan
Replies: 547
Views: 47913
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:00 pm Subject: Re: Another Gasoline Record |
E85 is cheaper, but your mileage is worse too. So, what's the point?
I think it's even cheaper here compared to gas, and with a properly tuned engine tha milage isn't much worse. Even with an untun ... |
Topic: Another Record ($143.67) |
Pholostan
Replies: 2569
Views: 207276
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:22 pm Subject: Re: Another Record ($122.35) |
Ride a train or take public transport. Too bad we don't have any of those things in the US.
Europeans really need to realize that in the US, the public transport is either nonexistent or pathetic ... |
Topic: Another Gasoline Record |
Pholostan
Replies: 547
Views: 47913
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:16 pm Subject: Re: Another Gasoline Record |
But it is much more corrosive and high performance engines blow all the time.
It's a myth. I've been using E85 for years. No problem, no corrosion. My car has a steel tank, steel fuel pipes. Old ca ... |
Topic: Another Record ($143.67) |
Pholostan
Replies: 2569
Views: 207276
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:02 pm Subject: Re: Another Record ($122.35) |
I'm feeling really low right now, witnessing the economic disintegration in real time
It's not the end of the world. Gasoline and diesel has been at 7-8 dollars a gallon here for years. Nothing ... |
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