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 Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 8:25 pm
Air pollution has become a major problem after the car was invented and big power plants started there major energy production. This is a thread to discuss air pollution causes and how to increase our air quality.
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 4:18 pm
Well I don't know much about air pollution, but I hope to learn in this thread. smile
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 7:48 am
Personally, I'm a big biodiesel supporter. 3nodding We're planning on having the next car we buy be a diesel, since there are now enough biodiesel producers in our area for it to be practical.
Cut vehicle emissions and you cut a fair chunk of air pollution in the US, now that there are relatively few coal plants left.
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 10:49 am
America needs to sign the Kyoto Initiative already. That'd help limit pollution a good bit too.
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 6:22 pm
Tahpenes Personally, I'm a big biodiesel supporter. 3nodding We're planning on having the next car we buy be a diesel, since there are now enough biodiesel producers in our area for it to be practical. Cut vehicle emissions and you cut a fair chunk of air pollution in the US, now that there are relatively few coal plants left. AWESOME! I thought I was the only one who truly knew what a biodiesel car was (biodiesel is only vegetable oil). Benefits: -No pollution. -No waste. -Recyclable -More fuel efficient. -Costs a hell of a lot less. -Smells like burgers when burned. Non-benefits: -Smells like burgers when burned (that's if you don't like the smell of burgers XD).
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 7:13 pm
Devin K. Truessence Tahpenes Personally, I'm a big biodiesel supporter. 3nodding We're planning on having the next car we buy be a diesel, since there are now enough biodiesel producers in our area for it to be practical. Cut vehicle emissions and you cut a fair chunk of air pollution in the US, now that there are relatively few coal plants left. AWESOME! I thought I was the only one who truly knew what a biodiesel car was (biodiesel is only vegetable oil). Benefits: -No pollution. -No waste. -Recyclable -More fuel efficient. -Costs a hell of a lot less. -Smells like burgers when burned. Non-benefits: -Smells like burgers when burned (that's if you don't like the smell of burgers XD).
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 8:32 pm
rikuHEART Devin K. Truessence Tahpenes Personally, I'm a big biodiesel supporter. 3nodding We're planning on having the next car we buy be a diesel, since there are now enough biodiesel producers in our area for it to be practical. Cut vehicle emissions and you cut a fair chunk of air pollution in the US, now that there are relatively few coal plants left. AWESOME! I thought I was the only one who truly knew what a biodiesel car was (biodiesel is only vegetable oil). Benefits: -No pollution. -No waste. -Recyclable -More fuel efficient. -Costs a hell of a lot less. -Smells like burgers when burned. Non-benefits: -Smells like burgers when burned (that's if you don't like the smell of burgers XD). You might have to have the engine especially made or a special dealer would have one. Yeah biodiesel would be the answer!
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 4:01 pm
Actually, biodiesel acts just like regular diesel fuel, only it's cleaner to burn and isn't petroleum based; in other words, it runs in just a regular diesel engine. A diesel car/truck runs biodiesel without any modifications.
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 4:59 pm
Tahpenes Actually, biodiesel acts just like regular diesel fuel, only it's cleaner to burn and isn't petroleum based; in other words, it runs in just a regular diesel engine. A diesel car/truck runs biodiesel without any modifications.
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 5:48 pm
rikuHEART So in order to refill the fuel, we'd just have to bring along some vegetable oil w/ us in the car? How would we put it in? Would we need a special kind of plugging-in thingie? Heh sorry I just really wanna be able to do this. Well, for biodiesel, you have to get it already processed; it'd probably be at least another decade or so of development before we have a small and trustworthy enough converter to put directly on the car. Biodiesel is refined out of oil (usually vegetable oil, though other kinds can also be used). Many people who use biodiesel make it themselves, but the process can be dangerous if not done carefully, and it requires serious dedication to process enough biodiesel to fill a typical US driver's needs. You can run a car on straight vegetable oil (AKA "SVO"), but you have to modify the engine, and some of the systems are still experimental. Now...an SVO modified engine can run on biodiesel, so if you have an SVO modification you have the option of running on SVO, biodiesel, regular diesel fuel, or a combination. Some info on having an SVO system installed
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:57 pm
Tahpenes rikuHEART So in order to refill the fuel, we'd just have to bring along some vegetable oil w/ us in the car? How would we put it in? Would we need a special kind of plugging-in thingie? Heh sorry I just really wanna be able to do this. Well, for biodiesel, you have to get it already processed; it'd probably be at least another decade or so of development before we have a small and trustworthy enough converter to put directly on the car. Biodiesel is refined out of oil (usually vegetable oil, though other kinds can also be used). Many people who use biodiesel make it themselves, but the process can be dangerous if not done carefully, and it requires serious dedication to process enough biodiesel to fill a typical US driver's needs. You can run a car on straight vegetable oil (AKA "SVO"), but you have to modify the engine, and some of the systems are still experimental. Now...an SVO modified engine can run on biodiesel, so if you have an SVO modification you have the option of running on SVO, biodiesel, regular diesel fuel, or a combination. Some info on having an SVO system installedThat is a very good alternative, but how much do you estimate this system to cost? Major car dealers could make their cars SVO modified with less cost to the consumer, but our failing government and president needs to be intelligent at this point with our resources low and gas prices high.
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