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2004-10-11 Arabia

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Posted by Steve White 2004-10-11 12:06:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Any body else expect the price of oil to fall dramatically on November 3? I expect Soros to begin covering his futures contracts then and all those specutively holding inventories to quickly bail. It is a shame, because there is an ultimate oil problem. Moderately rising prices would send signals that the economy could use to develop the proper balance of alternative fuels and conservation. This kind of erratic price movement does not provide useful information to the markets.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-11 7:42:07 AM|| 2004-10-11 7:42:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Teflon engine runs on ethanol. Doesn't need servicing or oil change as it burns clean.

ethanol can be distributed to existing service stations.

would cost a bomb in government expenditure to pay for everyone to convert their vehicles, enforce legislation that all new cars must be fitted with teflon engines.

then our dependance on saudi black slag would be greatly, greatly reduced. we could stop paying jihadi murderers.

I would happily treble my tax payments for that honour.

Posted by Anon1 2004-10-11 9:54:32 AM|| 2004-10-11 9:54:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Teflon engine? More info please.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-11 10:23:20 AM|| 2004-10-11 10:23:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Time for a Manhattan Project to perfect the matter/antimatter bus engine.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-11 10:37:10 AM|| 2004-10-11 10:37:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 well actually i am here guilty of typing off the top of my head.

Your car engine can be converted to run on ethanol instead of petrol. In the past, US farm machinery was run on ethanol, as are/were race cars (it is high-performance fuel). The problem with ethanol is that it is very corrosive.

Somebody told me the other day that the Japanese had made a teflon engine (ie: coated like your frypans) so it wouldn't corrode on contact with ethanol.

It is true that ethanol burns clean producing only carbon dioxide and water, and the oil never needs changing.

Several car companies have released cars that run on ethanol which i posted here a while back.

here is a discussion board for motor enthusiasts (well, car hoons) that discus the technicalities of using ethanol instead of petrol:

http://www.hotrodders.com/t48947.html

And here is a very informative site telling you how to go about using ethanol instead of Saudi Black Slag as fuel:

http://running_on_alcohol.tripod.com/id32.html

Posted by Anon1 2004-10-11 10:57:27 AM|| 2004-10-11 10:57:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 actually that last site is REALLY good.

Given a bit of time, trouble and money, ANY of you out there could take these specs to a mechanic and convert your car to run on ethanol. Stop giving money to terrorists today!

Posted by Anon1 2004-10-11 11:00:29 AM|| 2004-10-11 11:00:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I think I'll run your teflon-coated engine idea past a friend of mine who designs airplane engines for GE. Google came up with some interesting sites on teflon lubricants for airplanes/boats, and so forth, but I prefer the opinion of someone who knows a great deal more than I do.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-11 11:31:10 AM|| 2004-10-11 11:31:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 There's another problem the Sauds don't mention: their production capacity depends on a handful, perhaps only two, major facilities that are extremely vulnerable to an AQ or other terrorist disruption. Bob Baer highlighted these in his books and argued that little was being done (as of writing in 2002) to secure these facilities.

If jihadists knock out one or both of these production facilities, Saudi reserve capacity evaporates, and the price of oil will go to $60+ overnight.

Posted by lex 2004-10-11 11:36:02 AM|| 2004-10-11 11:36:02 AM|| Front Page Top

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