In article , Tom Woods writes
The 4 star in my 109 is about 10 years old. Haven't run it since then, it now smells more like paraffin than petrol. I'm guessing I'll have to drain it before trying to start it?
We will have fuel for CI engines for as long as we can grow oil bearing plants.
On or around Sat, 19 Mar 2005 16:12:57 +0000, Colonel Tupperware enlightened us thusly:
assuming, of course, you can spare enough plant-growing land from food production to grow enough of 'em.
And for petrol engines, alcohol is a possibility, as well as gas from fermented shit.
At least, so people were saying in the 1970s.
On or around Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:04:53 +0000 (GMT), snipped-for-privacy@zhochaka.demon.co.uk ("David G. Bell") enlightened us thusly:
well, we could start by harnessing the output of the house of commons...
That doesn't surprise me at all! I've started and run a Seagull engine on an emulsion of petroil with, probably in excess of 25% water, after a complete submersion of said engine in the Avon at Stratford.
Neil
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