Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 19:12:09 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Ethanol..Corn only?
In-Reply-To: <483CB81C.1010708@turbovans.com>
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ya i was going to weigh in on that one ...
but thought it would leave it lie ...
lets not mention the storage of many gas cans unless in a well ventilated
area are a cause for alarm as well
ah yes ... well i have an advertisement from the 1920's
an advert for the Kohler Gasoline Stove
i can only imagine pop returning from the pub and lighting that one ...
opps sorry weak on van content ...
i have an 89 diesel ;o)
yours
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Scott Foss - Shazam <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> OK, who is informed enough to know what is wrong with doing that ???
>
> x
> x
> x
> x
> x
> xx
> x
> x
> Answer.....................due to fire hazard from the chance of static
> electricity-indu ced spark, all gas cans should be filled at the gas
> station with the gas can sitting on the ground. !!
>
> I asked an attendant ( in Oregon you never get to pump your own fuel-
> there's a law about it ) the other day when i was getting a gas can
> filled, if he know about this - he did.
> scott
> turbovans
>
>
> Robert Fisher wrote:
>
>> About a week ago I saw a guy at the gas station at the end of the street.
>> He
>> was in a full-sized pickup; he had filled the entire bed with brand-new
>> five-gallon gas cans and he was in the process of filling all the gas
>> cans.
>>
>> Bizarre.
>>
>> Cya,
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> On 5/27/08, Scott Foss - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>>
>> The only place 'real gasoline' is aviable right now in Oregon is at bulk
>>> fuel supply places.
>>> and it goes into a gas can or 55 barrel in teh back of your pick-up, I
>>> believe,. Yu can't put it right into your tank.
>>>
>>> fer sure., real gasoline would be MUCH better. if that , there is no
>>> doubt. Ya just cain't git it rat now is all.
>>> Guy told me in California the pumps say 'May" contain up to 10 % ethanol.
>>> I think ours might say 'contains 10 % ethanol'
>>>
>>> scott
>>> turbovans
>>>
>>> John Rodgers wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> A new farm bill recently passed is going to make a lot of BIG CORPORATE
>>>> farmers richer. The little family farmer - no so. This is all about the
>>>> power of corporate America to get what they want. The rich have to be
>>>> bought off before the little guy gets his chance. The whole thing sucks.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, with 10% ethanol you ain't getting what you are trying to pay for.
>>>> The price of fuels keeps going up, but that dab of ethanol in the tank -
>>>> it will lower your gas mileage per gallon. So though we are paying more,
>>>> we ain't even holding our own on the gas mileage. If you can find the
>>>> straight stuff (gasoline) burn the straight stuff.!
>>>>
>>>> John Rodgers
>>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>> Scott Foss - Shazam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well Don !
>>>>> I think you NAILED IT - obviously our fuel should be 10 % Rum !!!
>>>>>
>>>>> But i think you have the general gist of 'the problem' regarding
>>>>> congress mandaated corn to make fuel.......
>>>>> And as i saw in a political cartoon about ethanol -
>>>>> I think it's making a lot of farmers rich right now too, or the new
>>>>> Farm
>>>>> Bill will.
>>>>>
>>>>> it's expensive to make,
>>>>> and it makes food prices go up.
>>>>> ( and there was a 3rd slam on it, but i forget what it was just now )
>>>>> ..
>>>>> scott
>>>>> turbovans
>>>>>
>>>>> Don Hanson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This talk about Ethanol mixed into pump gas. Can one only make
>>>>>> Ethanol from
>>>>>> Corn, or does any fermenting plant produce it? Did I imagine reading
>>>>>> somewhere that our Gov. decreed corn to be *the* designated
>>>>>> bio-source for
>>>>>> ethanol over other plants that might be more productive when turned
>>>>>> into
>>>>>> 'go-juice'? Like sugar cane, sugar beets, etc? Seems like using
>>>>>> only corn
>>>>>> is a waste, since corn is also a pretty widely eaten food source for
>>>>>> humans,
>>>>>> while cane and beets just make sugar, mainly...and rum...
>>>>>> Hmmm..maybe Rum is important to those Oil Boys who are in charge
>>>>>> right
>>>>>> now...
>>>>>> VW van content: Back in my Split window Hippy Van days, we used to
>>>>>> make a
>>>>>> home brew we called "Pineapple Swipe". Took only a few days to get
>>>>>> pretty
>>>>>> strong, so we'd mix up a batch when we left on a long surfing trip,
>>>>>> stash it
>>>>>> in the back of the van and later on throw a big party..."Pineapple
>>>>>> Swipe"
>>>>>> because we often swiped the base ingredient: pineapples...Little
>>>>>> criminals
>>>>>> and hooligans that we were (are?)
>>>>>> Don Hanson
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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