We Were Warned in 1998

[Leroy Eckert]

I agree. I was a Hippie once upon a time. Sometimes I think that was more fun. lol

The post was not intended to be about alternative energy sources, it was intended to be about oil price spikes and the damage that can occur to the economy and the pain it can cause to our BB life style. The report is dead on. I don't know about you but I have a hard time justifying $1500 to fill'er up and joy ride. I was once buff and good looking, today I am fat and old. Times change. As well, I would not care to have those wind mill electric generators in Banning Pass behind my house. No one wants those in their back yard. Besides, if there were any trees in that part of CA they would not be there either. That is part of the problem. I lived there for 25 years, I even remember Jojoba(sp?) oil. lol

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
Dahlonega, GA
Royale Conversion

Jack & Donna Smith wrote:

I think a lot of this was brought out a lot earlier. In the 60s &
70s, the Hippie era, "The Whole Earth Catalouge" detailed how to burn
"deep fry oil" in a diesel, and also a lot of other stuff on
alternative fuels and other energy sources. Several articles detailed
on how to convert a car alternator, and generator, (remember('Flashing
the Field'?) to windmill power.
But, why bother? After all Gas was 35¢ a Gal, and diesel a bit less!
Jack Smith
1973FC31
SoCal.

--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "Leroy A. Eckert"
...> wrote:
>
> I found this report quite a while back written by folks much more
> intelligent than I. With all the hallabaloos about fuel prices I find
> this quite interesting. Ethanol and Bio fuel will not fix this problem
> anytime soon. It was written and published in 1998 so I presume it was
> lost in the hanging chads of the Florida election and transfer of
> power. It is not necessary to read the whole report as I did, just
> read page 31. It says it all about what is happening today.
> I hope Yahoo does not split this url because I cannot edit this post.
>
> http://www.icta.org/doc/Real%20Price%20of%20Gasoline.pdf
>
> Leroy Eckert
>
1990 WB-40 Smoke N Mirrors
> Dahlonega, GA
>