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re: Obama's Farewell Address and what you will remember him for.
Posted on 1/12/17 at 5:15 pm to TeLeFaWx
Posted on 1/12/17 at 5:15 pm to TeLeFaWx
Wind and solar is whack in a lot of ways. The way we currently use it probably is far from the best way, but there's certainly ways it can be used.
Alcohol and hemp would be great energy sources. Electricity too. Farmers used to have their own oil field essentially by making their own alcohol fuel, and big cities were using electric taxi's in the 1800s. Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp oil, and parts of the vehicle were made from hemp as well.
There's been a deliberate effort to hide this history from us. The oil cartels ripped up existing infrastructure that would've made it easier for people to forego buying their own vehicle and they continue to lobby against such things. They deliberately destroyed the alcohol alternative and continue to make that a poor alternative to oil. They of course played a HUGE role in making hemp, a non-intoxicating plant, illegal alongside cannabis.
Alcohol and hemp would be great energy sources. Electricity too. Farmers used to have their own oil field essentially by making their own alcohol fuel, and big cities were using electric taxi's in the 1800s. Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp oil, and parts of the vehicle were made from hemp as well.
There's been a deliberate effort to hide this history from us. The oil cartels ripped up existing infrastructure that would've made it easier for people to forego buying their own vehicle and they continue to lobby against such things. They deliberately destroyed the alcohol alternative and continue to make that a poor alternative to oil. They of course played a HUGE role in making hemp, a non-intoxicating plant, illegal alongside cannabis.
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Posted on 1/12/17 at 5:50 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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Wind and solar is whack in a lot of ways. The way we currently use it probably is far from the best way, but there's certainly ways it can be used.
Please expound. I'm an engineer who works in the power industry. I'd love to hear your plan.
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Alcohol and hemp would be great energy sources. Electricity too. Farmers used to have their own oil field essentially by making their own alcohol fuel, and big cities were using electric taxi's in the 1800s. Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp oil, and parts of the vehicle were made from hemp as well.
There's been a deliberate effort to hide this history from us. The oil cartels ripped up existing infrastructure that would've made it easier for people to forego buying their own vehicle and they continue to lobby against such things. They deliberately destroyed the alcohol alternative and continue to make that a poor alternative to oil. They of course played a HUGE role in making hemp, a non-intoxicating plant, illegal alongside cannabis.
Want to know why gasoline defeated alcohol?
Energy density:
Gasoline 32-34.2
Ethanol 18.4-21.2
In other words, physics.
As for cannabis, I think it's BS that's it's illegal and maybe hemp oil would make a great bio fuel. However, to fully replace gasoline, we would have to convert a massive amount of farmland to bio fuel production. The energy per acre (energy density) is too low. Algae is really the only source of bio fuel that has an energy density high enough to be viable on a massive scale.
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