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Re: BioDiesle vs. Prius....
BioDiesle vs. Prius.... By: Kona (5 replies) Tue, 08/14/2007 - 16:09
- Re: BioDiesle vs. Prius.... By: ctyankee (01/20/2008 - 11:37)
- Re: BioDiesle vs. Prius.... By: rawmarcos (09/07/2007 - 19:22)
- Re: BioDiesel vs. Prius.... By: mdboggs (08/24/2007 - 12:15)
- Re: BioDiesel vs. Prius.... By: Hayden (09/07/2007 - 10:43)
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Re: BioDiesle vs. Prius....
until a bio-diesel can stop and not idel at a traffic light or stop they won't be a winner.
Until a bio-diesel can regenerate to save brake energy and dust they won't change th3e world.
Until bio-diesel becomes more available and affordable they won't save consumers money or be any good for a long trip.
A bio-diesel is good but could have a bigger role and better future if it could be used with a plug-in vehicle. The converted plug-in prius can get well over 100+ mpg and even take some trips with no gas.
It takes a lot of energy to grow products like soy and peanuts etc to produce bio-diesel. Most farm practices use oil derived gas. A few may make and run on bio-diesel. But the fertilizers are all oil based. It adds up to better but again not great.
Combining both cleaner alternate fule and plug-ins is the best answer. Until then a simple hybrid is very good. The full hybrid Prius is amazing, the plug-in bio-fuled hybrid is the best we will have for years.