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more about #alternativefuels more comments → GreenN_Gold: Excuse my ignorance, but I'm guessing that a barrel of light, medium, or emulsified oil is not the same thing as a barrel of crude oil. What are the ... more » Monaco: I'm buying a fishing boat and heading to the Pacific Gyre. #alternativefuels more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Well, I hope they really have something there. Of course a lot of that plastic is pretty highly edumacated, and it can be recycled into other plastic... more » BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: 80-10=70 10,000x3x70=2,100,000 U$ / year 7,000,000 / 2,100,000 = 3,3 year to pay back with crude oil at 80 U$ a barrel. Not too bad, if I had 7,000,00... more » ravedown: bought by big oil in 3...2...1...(poof) #alternativefuels more » that ain't the way to have fun, son: Took long enough. I've been wondering, for decades, why this wasn't done in the past. I know the answer is, "not economically feasible", but c'mon. ... more » Elhigh: I have a book on electric cars that was written smack in the middle of the Malaise Era, and it mentions a guy in Virginia who kept meticulous records ... more » SanbornApis: noooooooo, I had one of these and got up to 50mph going down a hill. The drive train, suspension and brakes are golf cart - literally! 35mph is real... more » TurboBrick [LIGIER]: Everyone knows that the hood scoop gives you +3hp right away, so on it's own this thing has 0.5hp then, right? more » alexander_the_car_salamander: Anybody else thinking about a Hayabusa engine swap or is it just me? more » Mad_Science: Cool plate, but I think this one beats it. more » Mad_Science: Love that NACA duct on the hood. Sure, this'll get you lots of attention from the girls, but unless it's the gymnastics team, you're unlikely to capi... more » Picarso: We had one of these when I was in High-school. It had fallen off a trailer it was being transported on and the top cracked so the roof was cut off and... more » ssrock64: Even these were subject to some legislation. They gained gigantic bumpers and Sebring-Vanguard failed. Another company took over, added the aforementi... more » Novaload: Great find. I've always loved these because the droopy face is the essence of someone thinking "Meh" = Hey, I am what I am, pretty much a 35 mph enclo... more » -
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Envion Oil Generator Recycles Old Plastics Into Fuels
The first commercially viable, industrial-scale plastic to fuel oil generator has been successfully demonstrated in Derwood, Maryland. It turns recyclable plastic feedstock into light oil, medium oil, and emulsified oil, and at a price of about $10 a barrel. More » -
#downonthestreet
1976 Sebring-Vanguard Citicar
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. 500+ vehicles into this series, we've finally got an electric car! More » -
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Roush Propane-Powered F-250: Hank Hill-Approved
You've seen us cover the propane-powered Roush F-150 in all of its tire-shredding glory. Now, they've upped the ante with a medium duty F-250 running on the same BBQ fuel. More » -
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#foundonebay
The Sebring-Vanguard Electric CitiCar Takes You Anywhere At 40 MPH...As Long As It's Only 40 Miles
So you want a plug-in electric but don't feel like waiting to buy a Chevy Volt or a Tesla Roadster? Do you also only need to hit 40 MPH on a straightaway and said straightaway is only 40 miles long? Then maybe you need to get yourself a 110V plug-in 1979 Sebring-Vanguard electric CitiCar. Oh, you can't find one of the 2,200 little 3.5 HP two-seaters powered by eight 6V golf-cart batteries made by the Sebring-Vanguard car company from the Florida city of the same name? No worries, there's one up on EBay and you've got about two hours left before the gavel drops. The current bid's just $1,550. Wait, you want to know more? Hit the jump — we'll pass for now, we're waiting for a second one for the other foot. More »
