On Tue, 27 May 2008 21:16:42 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
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"T i m" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 17:54:21 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"T i m" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 16:37:52 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
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Hint: kerbside emissions.

For 2 miles in the city traffic .. LOL!

Get to know how they work. You clearly do not.

Oh look, someone is selling a perpetual motion machine on eBay ..
quick ...

Wonder why they're selling it - guarantee run out or does it go round in
circles ... ?

I think they built several Mary .. ;-)

I see Dribble is selling his Primus on eBay ..

http://tinyurl.com/3tvg54

Seriously though, anything that reduces emissions [1], especially in
built up areas [2] AND does many more mpg than alternatives should be
considered.

Agreed.

However, hybrids are no more than a stop-gap to better technologies,
aren't significantly better mpg than many std vehicles and ONLY offer
their reduced kerbside emissions in stop-start traffic areas (where we
shouldn't be driving in the first place).

Agreed. About our not driving in such conditions.

A decent trip on decent roads (where you can maintain a constant speed
and brake rarely) and it's just an ordinary IC car.

So?

The big problem these days is the volatility of everything. It seems
as soon as you change to a cheaper fuel source or vehicle then someone
moves the goalposts (didn't that happen to LPG recently?).

Oh yes, and there are VERY many very clever people who know everything.
Especially on uk.d-i-y.

And who can afford to keep changing their vehicles every few months
(and what of the environmental cost of all these out_of_fashion
vehicles)?

I'm all for recycling, now where did I put that old chip oil? ;-)

A friend of mine pours (new) vegetable oil which he buys at his supermarket
into his fuel pipe. He says that at 78p (or whatever) per litre it's cheaper
than fuel at the pump and that it works perfectly.

I can't see that because I know how cooking oil oxidises and becomes gummy
when used for cooking. I haven't argued with him.

Doesn't a mix of mineral & vegetable oils make a solid substance?

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