Petrol Prices here in Australia at present

[JSPhoto]

THey just announced the other day that two large oil companies (forget which) are putting E85 tanks into all new stations and will be adding tanks to all present stations in Indiana over the next few years.

What worries me is allowing "big oil" to be in on this, it will defeat the purpose by keeping prices high, instead of lowering them, and it will keep the little guys out of the picture.

Apparently Ford is finally jumping onboard as well and they will start producing all models with alternative fuels versions and make those available here in Indiana.

The pig farmers are all smiles over the new Biofuel program too. Especially one near me who is about to be cited by the state for dumping or having runoff waste into a local river polluting it and killing fish and so on.

One side affect of this though..... how you like to have a wreck and have 9,000 gallns of pig waste dumped on your road or worse, you trapped in your car and that crap dumping on you! It will happen, just a question of when and how will they deal with it? We have two or three semi truck crashes a day here around the "Circle City" and various highways in and around Indy, now add even more big trucks hauling animal waste.

Funniest wreck I ever saw here: two semi trucks 65 South at Kessler Blvd. a White Castle truck and a Wendys truck....there were hamburger patties everywhere!!! Both trucks dumped their entire loads all over I 65 I just laughed because it happened between what I consider the two worst hamburger joints in the country.... just wonder what they did with all those burgers? Wouldn't surprise me if White Castle picked them up and sold em anyway.... they always reminded me of roadkill (what is it really in White Castles hamburgers?)

JS

[mdmc]

One side affect of this though..... how you like to have a wreck and have 9,000 gallns of pig waste dumped on your road or worse, you trapped in your car and that crap dumping on you!

JS

I'd much prefer 9,000 gal of burning diesel fuel
I think that with ethanol or other products we have the ability to eliminate our dependance on forign oil. Too bad that wer'e all too busy microwaving our dinner to make a real stand against big business. Seems like there is just barely enough time in a day to make a living, and no time to fight the good fight.
We'll keep eating what we're spoon fed because it's convienient, untill we're fed up!
I hope we're almost fed up!
Mark.

[walterick]

Ford and Lexus now have hybrid SUV's out. It is the way of the future, it is inevitable. Like has been said before, it's not a matter of CAN we get off oil, it's a matter of WHEN WILL WE?

Where there's a will, there's way, I always say.

Of course, things might go faster when there's not an oil tycoon running the government?

BTW, you guys know not to microwave food covered in plastic wrap, right? Drips toxins into the food. I just learned that the other day, and by doing stock research nonetheless

Rick