Quote Originally Posted by MistaGanja
we need new big ideas.

wind turbine construction across the country for new jobs and producing free clean electrcity, And laws converting cars from 1995 and up to run on e85 inless they use hydro or some other fuel such as electricity.
Any suggestions on easy fuel and electricity changes, and how it can tie in and boost this economy?
Wind turbines are old technology...they have been in use in Pacheco Pass in California for 30 years. Laws won't help anything, other than maybe reducing the national speed limit again. There is no quick fix other than taking the oil companies down, and forcing them to drop their prices to pre-Katrina levels. Even then it would take 3 - 5 years to get the economy back on track.
Gasohol is a good thing, alcohol is a renewable resource, and a manditory 15% mix would go a long way. Don't let the oil companies try to feed you a sh*t filled Twinky... it works, and it can be done at a reasonable cost. In the mid 80s, the Coca Cola bottling plant in Mobile AL started taking their daily spillage, and distilling it....they were making over 500 gallons of ahcohol a day!! they put this in their fleet fuel tanks.....thats roughly 180,000 gallons of *free* fuel in a year.

In the mid 70s, some guys put a mechanical fuel injection system on a Pinto...and got 50+mpg and 150hp. That was squashed by the oil companies.

Carburators and injection systems that meke lots of power with almost no fuel usage have been around for many years, and most all have had the patents bought by the oil companies so nobody can use the technology.

The technologies are out there...
Mississippi Steve Reviewed by Mississippi Steve on . My write-up about todays economy Wednesday, February, 27 2008. One of the greatest empires that ever existed has taken advantage of easy life. The one thing they think wont or cant happened slowly happens. Advancements were made but in a sense only for there lifestyle well being. Power grids that have been powering immaculate cities for that last 20 years without large reconstruction or design of efficiency eventually cut out and leave millions without power. As soon as the power goes out people act differently no 24-hour gas Rating: 5