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Date:         Sat, 5 Mar 2005 17:27:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
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From:         Marc Perdue <marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET>
Subject:      Re: A message from White House Spokesperson Scott McLellan:
              CAUTION POLITICAL CONTENT
In-Reply-To:  <BE4F7414.64CC0%gnarlodious@earthlink.net>
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I don't know as I would have stated it quite that way, but the gist of what you're saying is true.

On a further, and I think, interesting note regarding the use of alternative fuels in our vehicles, when Henry Ford came out with his Model T, the gasoline distribution network had not been as highly developed as it is today. Because he was concerned that consumers might not be able to find fuel to run his cars, the Model T was equipped with a carburetor that could be modified to run different kinds of fuel, including both gasoline and alcohol.

Back in the 70s and 80s, there were a number of new and different carburetion and fuel delivery systems developed for engines to improve their efficiency or to use different, and renewable, fuel sources. Most of these designs were scarfed up by the car companies, presumably to develop further and install on their vehicles, but for some reason they never really saw the light of day after that. Hmmmm . . .

Just some more food for thought, Marc Perdue

Gnarlodious wrote:

>I can connect the dots and the big picture emerges. In a world of dwindling >petroleum supplies controlling that supply and keeping us dependent on it >equals political power. Therefore Jimmie Carter's ideas were a threat to the >economic tyranny of Corporatism because it forced money to flow upward from >the local producer. > >Contrast that to "Trickle down economics" which is nothing more than a >euphemism for Corporate Welfare. > >That's why I burn biodiesel. > >-- Gnarlie > > > >


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