Truck advice and biodiesel mixes [RE-wrenches]

[Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services]

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Yep... I always feel a bit hypocritical having a zero energy house, and 
yet burning ~250 gallons of gasoline a year to drive my work truck 5000 
miles installing RE systems.

Todd


Matt Tritt wrote:

>
>
> It's that old Damned if we do, and damned if we don't thing cropping 
> up again.
>
> Matt
>
> Drake Chamberlin wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>         Hi Matt,
>>
>>
>> I don't think very much acreage is currently being diverted from food 
>> to fuel
>>
>> in this country, maybe some, as there is hunger right here at home.  
>> Food prices are certainly going off the
>>
>> scale, and that really affects a lot of people.  I don't know if the 
>> demand for acreage for growing fuel is driving food prices up or not. 
>>
>>
>>                         The World Health Organization estimates that 
>> 1/3 of the world is
>>
>> starving.  http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats.htm\
>>
>>
>>
>>                 Burning
>>
>> food is likely to become more of a problem soon, as peak oil kicks
>>
>> in.  It looks like peak oil could even be
>>
>> happening now, or more likely that the peak will occur within the 
>> next couple of years.  Bio fuel is setting a pattern that could
>>
>> deprive many of food in the near future.
>>
>>
>>                  Drake
>


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