DarkWizard12

Christ, READ THE ARTICLE!!! Its RENEWABLE NOW, get USED TO IT.

DeeJayH

getting pretty sick of these "Oil & the US is the source of all the worlds ills"


wtf makes any of you think this one single invention, will be the only thing used
wtf makes any of you think we are only going to use one source in the near future
seems to me presently we are using big bad oil, wind, hydroelectric, solar, nuclear

why arent we just using one?
the way you guys freak out you think we are going to find a single solution to teh entire worlds energy source, if only we send the price of oil/gas through the roof

freaking people are starting to sound like the lunatics in the abortion debates

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rathi

Sorry, I should have clarified my statement. I should have said "renewable sources of oil in quantities large enough to have even the slightest impact on oil use". Also, the amount of biomass needed makes this unable to actually produce oil in the quantities needed. I won't speculate about your motives, but considering the technical benefits of electric cars, I'd wonder why you wouldn't hope to replace gas with electricity.
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Right. It should be "Oil in the source of the US's ills". Oil is a major factor in our current foreign policy problems and economic problems.

Because its the best thing to use? Gas was the best thing to use, so we ran all our cars on it. Now, we need to move onto something better.

We don't have to use one source, but using a standardized fuel for cars in a good idea. The best part about electricity is that it comes from multiple places, but its all the same fuel.

Ideally, we should be using less oil and nuclear because of the long term fuel costs, political costs and environmental costs.

I can only speak for myself, but wanting to get rid of oil hardly entails freaking out. Its simply not the ideal fuel source in this day and age. The economic, political and environmental cost is simply higher than its alternatives. Oil was great to enable the kind of technology and economy we needed to get this far, but its time as our primary fuel source needs to end.

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obvious Child

Something isn't quite right about this article. It says they excrete crude, yet they also say that the product is ready to be used as gasoline. That is simply nonsensical. Crude oil cannot be used directly from the well. You're more likely to destroy your engine then get it moving if you used crude. Either the journalist fracked up in reporting or this story is a giant hoax. Furthermore, if the waste is gasoline that doesn't fix our massive need for other fuels like diesel, jet fuel, etc along with the various other products that come out of crude such as fertilizers and plastics. Gasoline is just ONE of the many products that are refined from crude oil. If this bacteria produces just gasoline, we're still up **** creek without a paddle. If the picture is correct, and crude not gasoline is produced, then we'll still need refineries. In actuality, crude is better as we can get all kinds of stuff from it rather then just gasoline.

All in all, a good idea, but seems just like buying time which I fully admit we need gobs and gobs of.

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