Well, our problems.....

[4x4Poet]

Has anyone noticed the irony that this thread was initiated buy "Misled."

[Eddie H.]

Does anybody remember the TV documentary that aired several years ago titled "WHEN CARS ATTACK THEIR OWNERS"? It talked about how all cars have these so called "hydro-ocillator valves" that would sometimes malfunction and cause the cars to attack people. It had interviews with leading scientist, engineers, police officers, and other "official sounding" people. It even had video tape showing cars driving around with nobody at the wheel chasing people down the road.
It was so convincing that thousands of fools actually believed it, even though there was a disclaimer at the end of the show that said it was all a hoax.

The infamous "200 mpg carburetor" makes for an interesting legend, but it simply defys the laws of physics. There is only a limited amount of heat energy that can be produced by burning a gallon of gasoline, period. Even if it were possible to do so with 100% efficiency, without ANY energy being wasted through the driveline, cooling system, exhaust system, etc, it still wouldn't be near enough to drive a car 200 miles. ( unless maybe it was all downhill with a stiff tailwind )

[Misled]

Originally Posted by 4x4Poet

Has anyone noticed the irony that this thread was initiated buy "Misled."

Poet,
That isn't nice!!!!!

I even offered to go halv-sies with ya!!!!!

That's it, if I'm the lucky bidder, I'm not cutting you in!!!!!

[pritch]

If any of these super carbs are owned by the oil companies, we will be seeing them fairly soon. World-wide oil production will peak in the next 3 to 5 years and then start it's decline to 'no mas'. In their corporate greed, the oil companies will want to squeeze every dollar they can out of us. This is why there are no more oil refineries being built. They know they will never see a return on the investment it takes to build one. One day there will be no more oil, but there will always be an Exxon. After we all buy a 200 MPG carb, and run all the $10 a gallon gas through them until it's gone, then they will pull out next fuel source. Maybe something like a new chemical that expands hundreds of times when charged with an electric current. Motors could use this with very little modification. One cylinder would exhaust into the intake of the next, so it would be a closed system. The guy who invents that stuff could retire early. But here's what I'd like to do-put a bio-diesel powered generator big enough to run a 100HP electric motor in the bed of a truck and the 100HP motor under the hood. Generators we have at my work like this run ALL DAY LONG UNDER LOAD on like 15 gallons of fuel. Sure, you couldn't put much in the bed, but were talking milage here, not cargo hauling.

[onetoncrewcab]

Originally Posted by smitty62

What a load of concentrated BS! People will believe any conspiracy theory--we'll be talking about the grassy knoll on here next

Look at the bottom picture smitty! Isn't that JFK's face? But...It could be Mother Theresa too....


I agree...someone is smoking rope on this one.

MIKE

[purple gas]

$10 per gallon gas? In Saskatoon today gas was ONLY 78 cents per litre, down from just over 90 cents a while ago.. 4.5 litres per gallon.. Do the math $10 gas ain't too far away

[pritch]

Originally Posted by purple gas

$10 per gallon gas? In Saskatoon today gas was ONLY 78 cents per litre, down from just over 90 cents a while ago.. 4.5 litres per gallon.. Do the math $10 gas ain't too far away

Good call. I guess I'm still in denial of the whole 2 bucks a gallon thing. But hey-.12 cents p/ litre drop-thats what 15% drop or so? That ain't too bad.

[4x4Poet]

Originally Posted by pritch

...World-wide oil production will peak in the next 3 to 5 years and then start it's decline to 'no mas'. In their corporate greed, the oil companies will want to squeeze every dollar they can out of us. This is why there are no more oil refineries being built. They know they will never see a return on the investment it takes to build one. One day there will be no more oil, but there will always be an Exxon....

With all due respect, sir, that's all bogus info. There is no oil shortage. Never has been. Even the supposed shortage in the '70s was no shortage. The Arabs had formed OPEC and decided to use their collective muscle to punish America for having supported Israel that had taken Jerusalem in '67 and then, when the Arabs tried to take it back in '73, the Israelis attacked pre-emptively and kicked Arab butt in only 6 days. The realization amongst Arabs that they had lost any foreseeable chance at retaking Jerusalem pissed them off so much that they (OPEC) withheld production to drive up prices.

The story also has something to do with the fact that the U.S. presidency was weak from Nixon's Watergate thru Carter's Iran hostage crisis, not to mention Nixon having taken us off the Gold Standard that weakened the dollar overseas but made American exports somewhat more affordable overseas. Remember, the currency for oil, worldwide, is USD. Other factors exist extant.

As to world oil supplies itself, there's enough oil for centuries, but much of it is not as easy to extract as the large, easily accesible oil reserves in the Persion Gulf, Russia, Mexico, Columbia, Venezuala, West Africa, and a few other places. Just think about how much oil lies off of SoCal's coast, ANWR, and other set aside areas. Think the environmentalists got their way in such places because of their clout alone? Think again.

Also, the vast North American oil fields that have been capped, or otherwise thought to have run out, have recently been discoved to have new oil in them that, over the years of the "well's" disuse, seeped thru the sediment into the "well" (the location of the oil pocket that was drilled into).

You are correct that the oil companies/refinery owners don't want to build more refineries, but not because they don't think they can get a return investment. Rather, they want to keep America's total refinery capacity at close to total demand so they can charge top dollar for their products since, if there are no refineries operating at much less than their respective capacity, there is no competition among them for refining contracts. Mike Files was right in the general. It's about GREED.

If you're going to wax politic, please learn the truth first. It only hurts the first time you hear it.

[4x4Poet]

Originally Posted by purple gas

$10 per gallon gas? In Saskatoon today gas was ONLY 78 cents per litre, down from just over 90 cents a while ago.. 4.5 litres per gallon.. Do the math $10 gas ain't too far away

You may be right, but you also live in a socialist state. Please mention how much of the prices you quoted were, in fact, taxes. Then we can compare America's apples to Canada's oranges.

Thanks.

[68CST327]

Originally Posted by Eddie H.

Does anybody remember the TV documentary that aired several years ago titled "WHEN CARS ATTACK THEIR OWNERS"? It talked about how all cars have these so called "hydro-ocillator valves" that would sometimes malfunction and cause the cars to attack people. It had interviews with leading scientist, engineers, police officers, and other "official sounding" people. It even had video tape showing cars driving around with nobody at the wheel chasing people down the road.
It was so convincing that thousands of fools actually believed it, even though there was a disclaimer at the end of the show that said it was all a hoax.

Haha, I remember that special. I think it was hosted by Richard Belzer. It was a spoof of all the "When _____ Attack" shows that Fox was running. It was actually convincing looking, but I knew something was up. It was pretty well done though!

[JayDubBlazer]

Does anyone know what kind of motor that is? Just for craps and giggles

[tpi72blazer]

Originally Posted by JayDubBlazer

Does anyone know what kind of motor that is? Just for craps and giggles

It looks like a flathead v8 - probably a Ford.

[Tx Firefighter]

Yes, either a Ford flathead or a Mercury flathead.

[Zonaman]

Just a thought- If you can afford the reserve on that contraption, you don't have worry about what mpg you get! Hell, you could afford to feed an M-1A1 tank* if you liked!

*Fuel Capacity: 498 gal (1,885 liters) / 505 gal (1,907 liters)
Cruising Range: 275 Miles (443 km)
Fuel Consumption:
- Cross-country: 60 gallons (227 liters) per hour
- Tactical ideal: 30+ gallons (114+ liters) per hour
- Basic idle: 10 gallons (38 liters) per hour

[JayDubBlazer]

Yeah the M1 is a rolling stove

[grnddwn]

I picked one up at garage sale for 50.00 but the damn plating shop lost it.