Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Layman's Search for an Alternative

When gas rose to above three dollars a gallon the car driving community cried out against what they thought was a huge injustice. We don't make it any easier on ourselves. Americans drive huge trucks and SUV's and while I can understand why a truck is necessary for some people, construction workers, contractors ect., but the typical American Mom and office worker doesn't need to be riding around in a Hummer that gets about 10 miles to the gallon. The only people we have to blame for our plight with rising energy cost are ourselves. If were not going to wisely use the resources were given then what what right do we have to complain when gases prices are at record highs. The typical American in this situation puts there head down and pays the price for the energy they need. However their are some of us out there that can't tolerate this and were searching for the layman's alternative energy.
Personally my favorite of all of these is biodiesel and waste veggie oil (WVO) systems. In short it's just an extra tank and some fuel line modifications that allow the driver to select between regular diesel to heat the veggie oil and then to veggie oil and your running on free waste fuel. Another one out there though is the on-demand water hydrogen systems you may or may not have heard about. For the most part these are a myth it takes way too much energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen let alone get enough to run a car. This is also a pretty intensive stuff. I did my graduation project on this technology and I will say right now it's fun to play around with but while most of the supplies are readily available you need to have a very strong understanding of chemistry and electronics.
If anybody else out there is searching for the layman's free energy let me know and if there's something I'm missing let me know I want to see what else is out there that were missing.

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